Korean Women's 400m Medley Relay Advances to the Finals

[Asian Games] China Disqualified… Korean Women's 400m Medley Relay Advances to the Finals in Second Place, "Challenging for the Gold Medal"

 

 

 

Kim Woo-min takes first place in the men's 400m freestyle preliminaries...

 

Men's 50m breaststroke Choi Dong-yeol and 200m backstroke Lee Joo-ho, who are competing for three gold medals, are also expected to win medals.

 

The Korean women's medley relay team finished second in the preliminary round and advanced to the finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

 

Korea is aiming for the gold medal as the ‘strongest’ China is disqualified. 온라인카지노

 

In the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games women's medley relay 400m preliminaries held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Zhejiang Province, China on the 29th, Korea won backstroke Eun-ji Lee (17, Bangsan High School), breaststroke Kim Hye-jin (28, Jeonbuk Sports Council), butterfly Su-jin Park (24, Gyeongbuk Provincial Office), and freestyle Jeong So-eun.

 

(27, Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) won the race one after another and came in second place with 4 minutes 06.47 seconds.

 

China was the first to touch pad, but backstroke swimmer Wang Xue'er committed a false start and was disqualified.

 

Japan took first place overall with a time of 4 minutes 02.33 seconds, and Korea took second place, 4 seconds 14 seconds behind Japan, earning a ticket to the finals.

 

The women's 400m medley relay final is the final event of swimming competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

 

Korean players did not laugh at the disqualification of their ‘colleague’, the Chinese national team.

 

However, I became more motivated to rank higher in the finals.

 

Lee Eun-ji, who is also competing in the finals, said, "It's unfortunate that China was disqualified.

 

As a fellow athlete, I can't welcome my opponent's disqualification.

 

But now that I have the chance, I will aim for the gold medal, not second place."

 

Kim Hye-jin, Park Soo-jin, and Jeong So-eun complete the mission of 'passing the preliminaries' and cheer on their colleagues who will compete in the finals.

 

Hyejin Kim said, "The finalists are preparing well.

 

Our national team will show a really good performance in the finals this afternoon."

 

Jeong So-eun said, "Thank you for showing a lot of interest in Korean swimming.

 

I hope you will support me until the last match."

 

Park Soo-jin hands over the position of ‘butterfly swimmer’ to Kim Seo-young (29, Gyeongbuk Provincial Office), the leader of Korean women’s swimming management.

 

The women's 400m medley relay final is expected to be Kim Seo-young's last event at the Asian Games.

 

Park Soo-jin said, "I have played on the same team as Seoyoung since I was 20 years old.

 

It is very unfortunate that this will be the last time we compete together in the Asian Games."

 

She added, "I will cheer on Seoyoung as hard as if I were playing in the stands in the finals." He said.

 

Korea's best result in the women's 400m medley relay at the Asian Games was second place in Incheon in 2014.

 

This time in Hangzhou, he had the opportunity to win his first Asian Games title in this event.

 

Korean athletes will participate in six of the seven swimming competition finals held on the afternoon of the 29th, including the women's 400m medley relay.

 

Kim Woo-min (22, Gangwon Provincial Office) took first place overall in the men's 400m freestyle preliminaries with a time of 3 minutes and 49.03 seconds.

 

If Kim Woo-min, a 'strong contender for the championship,' maintains first place in the finals, Korean swimming will become the third Korean swimmer to win three gold medals in a single event at the Asian Games after Choi Yun-hee (New Delhi, 1982) and Park Tae-hwan (Doha, 2006, Guangzhou, 2010).

 

Choi Dong-yeol (24, Gangwon Provincial Office) set a new Korean record of 27.06 seconds in the men's 50m breaststroke, earning a ticket to the finals by placing third in the preliminary round.

 

Choi Dong-yeol, who beat the previous Korean record of 27.09 seconds set in November 2021 by 0.03 seconds, aims to break into the 26-second mark and win a medal in the finals.

 

Joo-ho Lee (28, Seogwipo City Hall) took second place in the men's 200m backstroke preliminary round with a time of 1 minute 59.82 seconds.

 

Joo-ho Lee, who won a medal (3rd place) in the 100m backstroke for the second time in a row by taking 3rd place at the Asian Games in Jakarta/Palembang in 2018 and in Hangzhou this year, is attempting to win his first medal in the 200m backstroke.

 

Lee Joo-ho placed 5th in the 200m backstroke at the 2018 competition.

 

Moon Seung-woo (20, Jeonju City Hall), who participated in the men's 200m butterfly, advanced to the finals with a time of 1 minute 58.33 seconds and 5th place overall.

 

So-eun Jeong finished in 10th place in the women's 50m butterfly with a time of 26.98 seconds, unfortunately missing out on a ticket to the finals among 8 other athletes.

 

Han Da-kyung (23, Jeolla Province Sports Council) will participate in the women's 800m freestyle final.