"I think bringing good results in the beginning will allow fellow swimmers to produce good results later as well,” the 22-year-old said during a press conference Tuesday. "Which is why I really want to win the 400-meter freestyle race.”
Swimmer Kim Woo-min will represent Korea in the men’s 400-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, 1500-meter freestyle and 4x200-meter freestyle events in Paris after earning a berth in all four events at the national squad selection contest
Kim’s time of 3 minutes and 42.71 seconds, his personal best, came just short of Park’s 2011 record of 3 minutes of 42.04 seconds.
The 20-year-old is the second Korean swimmer to win the discipline at the World Aquatics Championships after Park Tae-hwan in 2011.
Two Hangzhou Asian Games swimming gold medalists Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min secured lanes in the 200-meter freestyle race at the 2024 World Aquatic Championships, taking first and second in the event at the national selection contest Monday.
Korea closed out its final day in the pool with four medals — one gold, two silver and one bronze — ending its swimming schedule with 22 total medals in the sport in Hangzhou, China on Friday.
Korea dominated the pool in Hangzhou, China with a record-breaking night, winning two gold, two silver and one bronze at the Asian Games on Thursday.
Korea continued to excel in swimming at the Hangzhou Asian Games, earning two silvers and one bronze.
Korea's Kim Woo-min competes in the men's 800-meter freestyle heats during the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on Tuesday.
Hwang Sun-woo won his first international gold medal ever in the men’s 200-meter race at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Doha, Qatar on Saturday.
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