Korean swimming renaissance World Championship·AG Nubbin Hwang Seon-woo, Kim Woo-min

With a gold medal

Hwang Sun-woo (from left), Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-jun, and Yang Jae-hoon at the award ceremony after winning the gold medal in the men's 800m relay final on the second day of swimming at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the swimming pool at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China on the 25th. He is holding up a medal.

In 2023, Korean swimming left behind its greatest ever achievement, brightening the prospects for the 2024 Paris Olympics, which is just one year away.

At the International Aquatics Federation World Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan, Hwang Seon-woo (20, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province) became the first Korean athlete to win two consecutive medals, and at the Hangzhou Asian Games, he won a whopping 22 medals (6 gold, 6 silver, and bronze) in swimming alone. 10 medals poured in.

If the feat of Park Tae-hwan (34), who performed a 'golden swim' at the Beijing Olympics 15 years ago, was the result of a genius, it is significant that the overall level of Korean swimming has now improved through a systematic training system.

Hwang Seon-woo, the star of the golden generation of Korean swimming, won a bronze medal in the men's 200m freestyle final at the Fukuoka World Championships, setting a new Korean record with a time of 1 minute 44.42 seconds.

This is the second consecutive medal, following the silver medal at the 2022 Budapest Games.

After completing the warm-up in Fukuoka, Korean swimming won a pile of gold medals in Hangzhou.

Kim Woo-min (21, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province), a Korean mid- and long-distance star, won a total of three gold medals, including the men's 400m and 800m freestyle and the men's 800m relay, a team event.

He set a new Korean record in the 800m freestyle and a new Asian record in the 800m relay.

Hwang Sun-woo won two gold, silver, and bronze medals in Hangzhou alone, including gold medals in the men's 200m freestyle and 800m relay.

In addition, Ji Yu-chan (21, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) won men's 50m freestyle and Baek In-cheol (23, Busan Jung-gu Office) won surprising gold medals in the men's 50m butterfly event in the shortest distance event at the Asian Games, revealing the future of Korean swimming.

In 2024, Korean swimming has set a bigger goal.

The plan is to check the possibility of appearing on the world stage at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar in February, which is a prelude to the Olympics, and then go on a medal hunt at the Paris Olympics.

At the Paris Olympics, Hwang Sun-woo will challenge for medals in the men's 200m freestyle, Kim Woo-min's 400m freestyle, and the men's 800m relay. 19가이드03