The coach of the swimming team raises the Asian Games goal to the highest number of medals in history.

Hwang Seon-woo, Kim Woo-min, etc., confident in their growth with more than 4 gold medals at the 2010 Guangzhou Games

In response to expectations from promising players such as Hwang Seon-woo (Gangwon Provincial Government), the coach of the Korean swimming team raised the goal of the Asian Games.

After returning to Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 27th with the management and artistic swimming team for the 2022 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Lee Jung-hoon, head coach of the swimming team, said in an interview first, “In this tournament, our Korean national team is a significant event. It makes me feel good too, because I got a result in the .

Korea won one silver medal in the management event of this tournament and set a new Korean record five times.

Hwang Seon-woo won the silver medal in the men’s 200m freestyle with a new Korean record of 1:44.47, and in the team event played by Hwang Seon-woo, he broke the Korean record four more times.

It is the first time in 11 years that South Korea won a medal in the management event of the long course (50m) World Swimming Championships in 2011, after winning the men’s 400m freestyle gold medalist Park Tae-hwan at the 2011 Shanghai, China.

In addition, in the men’s 800m relay, in both the preliminary and final rounds, she broke Korean records and proudly took 6th place.

It was the first time in Korean swimming history to advance to the final in the management team event of the World Championships.

Director Lee said, “In preparation for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China (postponed to next year), Hwang Seon-woo and the national team will think about the good and bad things once again, and I will do my best to make a better record.”

Manager Lee said, “If I had gone to Budapest earlier and had been able to adapt to the time difference or the local area, better records would have been achieved and more players would have made it to the finals, but due to circumstances, it was unavoidable.”

However, this tournament gave Lee a great confidence to prepare for the Asian Games.

“In the Asian Games, we will raise our goal of winning the most medals in Korean swimming history,” said coach Lee.

When Korea won the most medals in management at the Asian Games in 2010, Park Tae-hwan won three medals in the men’s 100m, 200m, and 400m freestyle at the 2010 Guangzhou Games in China.

At that time, in the women’s 200m breaststroke, Da-rae Jeong also picked up a surprise gold medal, and Korea won 4 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals.

Director Hwang Seon-woo as well as Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Provincial Government) have shown the remarkable growth behind Lee’s confidence in winning the most medals ever.

Kim Woo-min not only contributed to the new history as a member of the men’s 800-meter relay, but also became the first Korean athlete to stand on the starting platform in the 400-meter freestyle since Park Tae-hwan.

Director Lee believes that Hwang Seon-woo won the 100m and 200m freestyle events, and Kim Woo-min, whose main event is freestyle mid- and long-distance events, is 400m, 800m and 1,500m.

The player that Lee picks as the candidate for the most gold medals in the Asian Games is not Hwang Seon-woo, but Kim Woo-min, who has a relatively large number of events.

Of course, Lee’s goal also includes the men’s 800m relay, aiming for the first gold medal in the Asian Games team event.

Kim Woo-min lowered his stance, saying, “I think we have to work harder to achieve such good results.”

However, when asked about his feelings about playing this tournament, he did not hide his greed, saying, “I feel good about the results of my hard training.” “I want to burn my will to create better results.”

/yunhap news