Swimmer Jo Seong-jae has a bright expression after finishing the men’s 200m breaststroke preliminary round at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the La Defense Arena in Paris on the 30th (local time).
Korean breaststroke powerhouse Cho Sung-jae (22) advanced to the semifinals by taking first place in the overall preliminaries.
Cho Sung-jae advanced to the semifinals by taking first place overall out of 25 participants in the men’s 200m breaststroke preliminaries at the Paris Olympics held at La Defense Arena in Paris, France on the 30th with a time of 2 minutes 9.45 seconds. Cho Sung-jae is the first Korean swimmer to advance to the Olympic preliminaries in this category. In
the final group of the preliminaries, group 4, Cho Sung-jae raced with China’s Qin Haiyang (25), the world record holder for the 200m breaststroke, and France’s Leon Marchand (22). With 50m left, Cho showed his stamina and surpassed Qin Haiyang (2 minutes 10.98 seconds) and Marchand (2 minutes 9.55 seconds) to be the first to touch the pad.
Cho Sung-jae holds the Korean record for the 200m breaststroke (2 minutes 8.59 seconds). After setting the Korean record in November 2020, he competed in the Tokyo Olympics the following year, but finished 19th in the preliminaries with a time of 2 minutes 10.17 seconds, failing to secure a ticket to the semifinals, which are given to the top 16. He made a name for himself three years later at the Paris Olympics by taking first place in the preliminaries. The
men’s national team, consisting of Lee Ho-jun (23), Lee Yu-yeon (24), Kim Young-hyun (20), and Kim Woo-min (23), then placed 7th overall in the 800m relay preliminaries with a time of 7 minutes 7.96 seconds, securing a ticket to the finals, which are given to the top 8. The finals, which will be held at 5:15 am on the 31st, will feature key players such as Hwang Sun-woo (21), Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-jun, and Yang Jae-hoon (26).
The Korean relay team won a gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year and a silver medal at the Doha World Aquatics Championships this year. They are aiming for a medal at the Paris Olympics as well. Korea’s best record is 7 minutes 1.73 seconds set at the Asian Games last year.
Hwang Sun-woo, who advanced to the semifinals in 16th place in the men’s 100m freestyle preliminaries on the 30th, gave up on the 100m freestyle semifinals to focus on the 800m relay. 토토사이트