Kim Woo-min, I Want to Win Three Gold Medals

[Asian Games] Kim Woo-min "Of Course I Want to Win Three Gold Medals... I'd Like to Surpass Sun Yang's Record"

If you win the main event, 400m, on the 29th, you will receive three gold medals... “Not just gold, but setting a personal record.”

“I really want to win three gold medals,” said Kim Woo-min (22, Gangwon Provincial Office) with a bright expression as bright as the medal, wearing a shiny gold medal.

Kim Woo-min has already entered the path to winning three Asian Games gold medals, something only former Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Yun-hee and Park Tae-hwan, who were icons of Korean swimming, achieved. 온라인카지노사이트

Kim Woo-min was the first to touch the touchpad, setting a new competition record of 7 minutes 46.03 seconds in the men's 800m freestyle final of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games swimming event held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Zhejiang, China, on the 28th.

The previous record was 7 minutes 48.36 seconds set by Sun Yang (China) at the 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Games.

In addition, Kim Woo-min shortened the Korean record of 7 minutes 47.69 seconds that he set at the 2023 Fukuoka World Aquatics Championships in July by 1.66 seconds.

The joy was doubled as Sun Yang's competition record was changed in Hangzhou, 'Sun Yang's hometown'.

It was also thrilling for him to overwhelm Li Fei Wei (China), who had pushed him away in the 1,500m freestyle, in the 800m freestyle.

Li Feiwei, second in the 800m freestyle, recorded a time of 7 minutes 49.90 seconds, 3.87 seconds slower than Kim Woo-min.

Kim Woo-min will compete in the preliminaries and finals of his main event, the 400m freestyle, on the 29th, the last day of the competition event.

If he wins this competition, he will become the first Korean swimmer to win three Asian Games swimming medals, something only Choi Yun-hee and Park Tae-hwan have achieved.

Kim Woo-min said, "Honestly, I really want to win three gold medals.

The 400m freestyle is the event I love the most and am confident in.

I will finish this competition as well as possible."

Kim Woo-min's first gold medal in this competition came in the men's 800m relay, a team event.

At the time, Kim Woo-min's section record was 1 minute 44.50 seconds, making him the fastest among the 32 participants in the finals.

Kim Woo-min said, "Before competing in the individual event, I participated in the relay race and posted a good section record, which increased my confidence.

I competed in the individual event with that confidence, and won one gold medal and one silver medal.

I will praise myself for enduring well for a long time." did.

He said he was "satisfied" after finishing second in the 1,500m, but in fact, Woomin Kim meticulously repeated the race in the 800m to earn his revenge with gold.

Kim Woo-min said, "I failed to control my pace in the 1,500m.

I tried to regain my rhythm by watching the video of the Fukuoka World Championships, where I first set a Korean record in the 800m freestyle."

On this day, Kim Woo-min set a new Korean record, shortening the 7 minutes 47.69 seconds he set at the World Championships last July by 1 second 63 seconds.

Kim Woo-min said, “My joy was doubled because I succeeded in shortening the record that I wanted as much as the gold medal,” and “I feel even better because I also changed the competition record held by Sun Yang.”

Korean swimming experienced a renaissance with the simultaneous emergence of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, and Lee Ho-jun.

Until this day, Korean swimming management had won 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 9 bronze medals, achieving the best performance ever at the Asian Games, surpassing the 2010 Guangzhou Games (4 gold, 3 silver, and 6 bronze medals).

Kim Woo-min's 800m freestyle medal was his fifth gold medal.

In addition, he enjoyed the joy of winning two gold medals with Hwang Sun-woo, becoming the first Korean to win two gold medals at the Asian Games.

Kim Woo-min said, "The momentum of Korean swimming is really good right now.

Many athletes' records are rising, so we stimulate each other and gain strength," and added, "It is also an honor to write a new history with teammates such as Hwang Sun-woo."

Kim Woo-min does not only think about winning the gold medal in the 400m freestyle, which is his final event at the Asian Games.

He will stand at the starting line on the 29th with the goal of reducing his personal best of 3 minutes 43.92 seconds by nearly 1 second to enter the 3 minutes 42 seconds range.

Kim Woo-min set two goals on the last day of the competition, saying, “I really want to achieve the triple gold medal by breaking into the 3:42 second mark.”