S. Korean swimmers seek to defend relay title; football teams set for inter-Korean clash
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korean swimming stars will seek to defend their men's relay title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, while the women's football team will face North Korea in the first all-Korean match of the Games. The team of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-joon and Kim Young-beom will compete in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo. South…
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korean swimmers aim to protect their men's relay championship at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday. Meanwhile, the women's football squad will contest the inaugural inter-Korean match of the Games.
The men's relay team consists of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-joon, and Kim Young-beom. They will compete in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. South Korea claimed the event for the first time at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023. In the intervening years, Kim Young-beom has joined the relay, replacing Hwang.
Kim Young-beom, a 20-year-old up-and-coming swimmer in South Korea, earned a silver medal in the men's 100m freestyle event the day before. Hwang finished third in the same race. Kim surpassed Hwang's Korean record in the 100m event at a national competition last year.
The women's volleyball team faces Japan in the semifinals, and a win would mark South Korea's first appearance in the Asian Games final since 2014. South Korea was knocked out of medal contention after a quarterfinal loss at the previous Asiad in China. The baseball team is not mentioned in the source material.
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