Korea, Men’s 800m Relay, New Asian Record

[Asian Games] Korea, Men’s 800m Relay, New Asian Record… First Gold in Team Event History

Set a new Asian record of 7 minutes 01.73 seconds and won over China, which had a luxurious team of members.

‘Hwang Sun-woo and the Golden Generation’ set a new Asian record and presented Korean swimming with its first Asian Games team gold medal. 카지노사이트

The Korean men's 800m relay team consisted of Yang Jae-hoon (25, Gangwon Provincial Office), Lee Ho-jun (22, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall), Kim Woo-min (22), and Hwang Seon-woo in the men's 800 m relay finals at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games swimming event held at the swimming pool at the Hangzhou Olympic Center in Zhejiang, China, on the 25th (20, Gangwon Provincial Office)

They ran in that order and were the first to use the touchpad with a time of 7 minutes 01.73 seconds.

7:01.73 is a new Asian record, 0.53 seconds shorter than the 7:02.26 set by Japan at the 2009 Rome World Championships in 14 years.

At that time, there were no regulations on the shape and material of the swimsuits that produced new records.

Korea, which had won only four silver medals in team relay events (1990 Beijing women's 400m relay, 1994 Hiroshima men's 800m relay, 2010 Guangzhou men's 400m medley relay, 2014 Incheon women's 400m medley relay), won a new gold medal in the Hangzhou men's 800m relay. wrote history.

The joy was doubled by setting a new Asian record.

The host country, China (Wang Shun, Niu Guangsheng, Yang Haoyu, Pan Zhanle), attempted to regain the top spot for the first time in 13 years since the 2010 Guangzhou Games, but came in second place with a time of 7:03.40, 1.67 seconds behind Korea.

Although the team consisted of luxurious members such as Fan Zhanle, who won the 100m freestyle the day before, Yang Haoyu, who came in second, and Wang Shun, who won gold in the 200m individual medley, the athletes who started the renaissance of Korean swimming were faster.

Japan ranked third with 7 minutes 06.29 seconds.

Sun-woo Hwang, who won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle the previous day, decorated his second Asian Games medal with gold, and Hojun Lee, Woomin Kim, and Jaehoon Yang, as well as Lee Yuyeon (Korea National Sport University) and Kim Geonwoo (Dokdo Sports Team), who participated in the preliminaries, won their first Asian Games medals. I won the Games gold medal.

In the finals on this day, Korea's first runner Jae-Hoon Yang finished the race in second place with a time of 1 minute 46.83 seconds, 0.87 seconds behind Wang Sun with a time of 1 minute 45.96 seconds.

As Yang Jae-hoon got off to a good start, No. 2 Lee Ho-jun increased his speed and overtook China at the 300m turn to rise to first place.

Lee Ho-jun's section record was 1 minute 45.36 seconds, 1 second 32 seconds faster than New Gwangseong's (1 minute 46.68 seconds).

Korea widened the gap further as No. 3 Kim Woo-min overwhelmed Yang Hao-yu (1 minute 45.99 seconds) with a time of 1 minute 44.50 seconds.

The last Korean runner, Hwang Seon-woo (section record 1 minute 45.04 seconds), who jumped into the water with a 1 second 94 lead over China, overtook the pursuit of Fan Zhanle (1 minute 44.77 seconds) and reached the finish line where his teammates were waiting.

Kim Woo-min and other colleagues who were anxiously shouting “Hurry up” roared the moment Hwang Sun-woo touched the touchpad.

The Korean men's 800m relay team, including Hwang Seon-woo and Lee Ho-jun, said, "All four relay members recorded good records in training that made us wonder, 'Is this a record that can be achieved in Korea?'

We trained really hard, so please stay tuned.

“We are looking to break not only the Korean record (7:04.07) but also the Asian record,” he said.

Armed with rigorous training and trust in his teammates, the Korean relay team won a “new Asian record” and a “gold medal” in the actual competition.

Both goals were achieved.