{
  "id": 8787293,
  "title": "S. Korean swimmers seek to defend relay title; football teams set for inter-Korean clash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/s-korean-swimmers-seek-to-defend-relay-title-football-teams-set-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T22:57:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260921/s-korean-swimmers-seek-to-defend-relay-title-football-teams-set-for-inter-korean-clash"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nKim 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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "summary": "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…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korean swimmers seek to defend relay title; football teams set for inter-Korean clash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/s-korean-swimmers-seek-to-defend-relay-title-football-teams-set-for-8792027",
        "published": "2026-09-20T23:27:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}