Kim Young-beom, Hwang Sun-woo take silver, bronze in men's 100m freestyle swimming
TOKYO — Kim Young-beom and Hwang Sun-woo captured silver and bronze medals in the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming race at the Asian Games on Sunday, the first two of what Korea is hoping will be many medals from the pool. Kim finished second in 47.65 seconds at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, just 0.04 behind the champion, Pan Zhanle of China. Hwang ended in third place in 47.79 seconds. Tokyo is…
In the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming race at the Asian Games in Tokyo, South Korea's Kim Young-beom and Hwang Sun-woo achieved silver and bronze medals respectively. Kim Young-beom finished second with a time of 47.65 seconds, just four-hundredths of a second behind the champion, China's Pan Zhanle. Hwang Sun-woo secured the bronze with a time of 47.79 seconds.
The race took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, which is currently hosting all swimming events during the quadrennial competition. Nagoya will serve as the main host city for the games. Korea has a strong swimming tradition, having won 22 medals at the previous Asian Games three years ago, and hopes to replicate that success this time around.
Pan Zhanle demonstrated a strong finish with his fastest final 50-meter split of 24.69 seconds, while Kim Young-beom and Hwang Sun-woo had slightly slower splits of 24.84 and 24.82 seconds respectively.
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