Hwang Sun -woo enters the World Swimming Championship freestyle 200m final… ‘4 consecutive medals’
4 consecutive medals in the world championship, the most medals of personal stocks… . Hwang Sun -woo (Gangwon Provincial Office) had the moment to become the main character of various records.
Hwang Sun -woo was a record of 1 minute 44 seconds 84 in the 2025 World Swimming Federation World Championship Men’s Frequent 200m Semi -final held in Singapore on the 28th. Going to the finals. Luke Hopson (USA, 1:44 seconds 80) was second in total, 0.18 seconds ahead of the Paris Olympic gold medalist David Popovic (1:45 seconds 02 · 5). Hwang Sun -woo won the semi -finals with 8th overall (5th in Group 5) with a record of 1 minute 46 seconds in the morning qualifiers on the same morning.
Hwang Sun -woo’s moment of water is the moment of carving Korean swimming. If he wins the medal in this competition, he will win medals for four consecutive years of men’s freestyle. Hwang Sun -woo won the bronze medal at the 2022 Budapest Competition and the 2023 Fukuoka Tournament, and won the gold medal at the Doha tournament last year. In this competition, the record will be increased to ‘4’.
Korean management athletes will also achieve the highest medal records of individual events. Hwang Sun -woo harvested four world championship medals (gold 1, 2 silver 2, 1) by adding a freestyle 200m gold medal and Gyeyoung 800m silver medal in Doha last year. This is a record of overtaking Park Tae -hwan (2 gold, one), but in the solo medal, it is the same as Park Tae -hwan. He will participate in the competition in 200m freestyle and 800m.
It is also a great opportunity to shake off the remaining pity after the Paris Olympics. He won the semi -finals with fourth overall with 1 minute 46 seconds and 13 records in the qualifiers at the time, but failed to adjust the pace in the semi -finals, and eight people could not enter the finals. Since then, he has been dear, and the 2025 national team’s development in Gimcheon last March has won the event.
He expressed his strong ambitions at the media day, which was held ahead of the competition, “I want to win a medal with a new Korean record.” The moment to achieve the wind came in front of you (8:02 on the 29th).
By Nam Ji -eun, reporter myviollet@hani.co.kr
