Hwang Sun-woo Advances to Finals in 200m Freestyle
Hwang Sun-woo Advances to Finals in 2nd Place in 200m Freestyle
2024 International Aquatics Federation World Championships
Hwang Sun-woo (20), the star of Korean swimming, advanced to the finals of the men’s 200m freestyle at the World Championships by placing second overall in the semifinals.
Sunwoo Hwang hit the touch pad in 1 minute 45.15 seconds in the men’s 200m freestyle semifinals at the 2024 International Aquatics Federation World Championships held at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, on the 13th (Korean time).
Sunwoo Hwang, who competed in Group 2 of the semifinals, took second place after Danas Rapsis (Lithuania), who finished the race in 1 minute 44.96 seconds.
His record is the second best among all 16 players in the semifinals. 바카라사이트
Hwang Sun-woo, who placed 11th out of 67 people with a time of 1 minute 46.99 seconds in the preliminaries, increased his speed in the semifinals and easily advanced to the finals.
The men’s 200m freestyle final begins at 1:02 a.m. on the 14th, Korean time.
After the semifinals, Hwang Sun-woo said through his management company All That Sports, “I was worried a lot during the preliminaries because my physical condition was not as good as I thought, but in the semifinals, I was more satisfied with my record and race,” and “I advanced to the finals of the World Championships for the third time in a row.
“So, I have a strong desire to get on the podium for the third time in a row.
I want to do well in the final race based on what I have accumulated during the month-long training camp in Australia,” he said.
Sunwoo Hwang took second place (1 minute 44.47 seconds) at the 2022 Budapest competition and third place (1 minute 44.42 seconds) at the 2023 Fukuoka competition.
He set a new Korean record every time he competed in the 200m freestyle finals at the World Championships.