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 reclaim their men's relay crown at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday. Meanwhile, the women's football squad will face North Korea in the inaugural inter-Korean match of the Games. The men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay features Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-joon, and Kim Young-beom.
South Korea triumphed in the event at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. Kim Young-beom, a 20-year-old swimming prodigy, secured silver in the 100m freestyle the prior day and narrowly missed a medal in the 100m event. He surpassed Hwang's Korean record in the 100m at a national competition last year. The South Korean women's volleyball team will clash with Japan in the semifinals, a victory that would see South Korea compete for the Asian Games final for the first time since 2014.
Following a quarterfinal exit in the previous Asiad held in China, South Korea's medal chances look dim.
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