Injured swimmer pulls out of 2 races
TOKYO — After battling through a shoulder injury in his first two races at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, swimmer Kim Woo-min withdrew from his next two races Wednesday. The Korea Swimming Federation said Kim will not defend his gold medal in the men's 800-meter freestyle event, scheduled for Thursday at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Earlier Wednesday, Kim also pulled out of the men's 200m freestyle…
Swimmer Kim Woo-min has withdrawn from two races at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games due to a shoulder injury. The Korea Swimming Federation announced that Kim will not defend his gold medal in the men's 800-meter freestyle event, scheduled for Thursday, nor participate in the men's 200m freestyle heats. The 25-year-old had been competing with a partially torn labrum and rotator cuff in his left shoulder, having helped South Korea win bronze in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay on Monday.
Kim, a top mid-distance swimmer for South Korea, previously won the world title and Olympic bronze in the 400m freestyle in 2024, as well as a world bronze in the same event in 2025. He was also the only South Korean swimmer to win three gold medals at the 2023 Asian Games.
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