Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Seo-young, Lee Eun-ji go straight into action after individual events
Hwang Sun-woo adds bronze to his gold medal in the 200m freestyle
Hwang set a new Korean record with a time of 3:46.78 to finish third.
The South Korean swimming team won bronze in the 400-meter mixed medley relay, setting a new Korean record, at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.
The Korean team of Lee Eun-ji (17, Bangsan), Choi Dong-yeol (24, Gangwon Provincial Office), Kim Seo-young (29, Gyeongbuk Provincial Office) and Hwang Sun-woo (20, Gangwon Provincial Office) touched the touchpad in 3:46.78 in the 400m medley relay final at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games on Sunday at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Aquatic Sports Arena in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
The Korean team finished third behind China (3:37.73) and Japan (3:44.64) to take home the bronze medal.
The time of 3:46.78 is a new Korean record. It was 0.31 seconds faster than the previous Korean record of 3:47.09 set by Lee Eun-ji, Choi Dong-yeol, Kim Young-beom (17-Gangwon Cheego) and Heo Yeon-kyung (18-Bangsan) at the Fukuoka World Aquatics Championships in July.
Hwang Sun-woo, Lee Eun-ji, and Kim Seo-young competed in individual events on the day and then went straight into the team competition. Despite the physical strain, they managed to win medals.
In particular, Hwang Sun-woo won gold in the 200-meter freestyle final in a meet record of 1:44.40, a new Korean record, and added a bronze medal in the mixed medley relay less than an hour later.
Eunji Lee, who won bronze in the women's 100-meter backstroke final, also stood on the podium.
The mixed medley relay is an event in which four swimmers, two men and two women, swim 100 meters in the order of backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. It became an official event at the Asian Games in 2018 in Jakarta-Palembang.
It was the second consecutive medal for South Korea, which also won bronze five years ago.
When the first backstroker, Lee Eun-ji, finished her 100-meter race, South Korea was in fifth place.
But breaststroker Choi Dong-yeol, who took over the baton, finished the race in third place.
Kim Seo-young, who swam the butterfly after the women's 100-meter final, held third place until the 50-meter mark, when she slipped to fourth.
When Hwang Sun-woo, the final freestyle swimmer, was halfway through the race, South Korea was in fourth place. However, in the final 50 meters, Hwang managed to squeeze out the last bit of strength to push South Korea to third place. 카지노사이트존