[Asian Games] Hwang Sun-woo Challenges to Win the 100m Freestyle in Lane 5 Next to Wang Hao-yu
Lee Joo-ho of the men's 100m backstroke also competed in the final in lane 5.
Hwang Seon-woo (20, Gangwon Provincial Office) will play his first Asian Games final match in lane 5. 토토사이트
Hwang Seon-woo was assigned to lane 5 in the men's 100m freestyle final at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games swimming event held at the swimming pool at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China at 9:26 pm on the 24th, Korean time.
The final lanes will be numbered 4-5-3-6-2-7-1-8 from 1st to 8th in order of preliminary record.
Wang Haoyu (18, China), who ranked first in the preliminary round with a time of 48.13 seconds, was in lane 4.
Hwang Sun-woo, who ranked second overall in the preliminaries (48.54 seconds), surrounds Wang Hao-yu in lane 5, and Fan Zhanle (19, China), tied for third place (48.66 seconds), surrounds Wang Hao-yu in lane 3.
Katsuhiro Matsumoto (26, Japan) also tied for third place with a time of 48.66 seconds, with Panzanler, who was ahead in the entry time (personal season's best record), standing in lane 3 and Matsumoto in lane 6.
The entry time was 47.22 seconds for Pan Zanler and 47.85 seconds for Matsumoto.
Sunwoo Hwang used lane 5 in group 6 of the preliminary round and ran alongside Fan Zhanle in lane 4.
After the preliminaries were over, Hwang Sun-woo said, “I think I will race separately from Fan Zhanle in the finals,” and “It’s better to run my own race away from Fan Zhanle.”
Fan Zhanle held the Asian record for the 100m freestyle at 47.22 seconds and was considered the strongest candidate to win the 100m freestyle at this event.
Although Huang Sun-wu fell slightly behind Fan Zhanle in the finals, he competed right next to newcomer Wang Hao-yu.
He put more emphasis on his fight, saying, “First of all, my goal is to break my personal best record (47.56 seconds).”
Hojun Lee (22, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall), who ranked 7th overall in the preliminaries with a time of 49.24 seconds, will compete in the final in lane 1.
Lee Joo-ho (28, Seogwipo City Hall), who is aiming to win a medal at the Asian Games for the second time in a row, will also compete in the men's 100m backstroke final in lane 5.
Lee Ju-ho ranked first in group 2 and second overall in the preliminaries with a time of 54.06 seconds.
Lee Joo-ho, who won a bronze medal at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games with a time of 54.52 seconds, raised his record and increased his chances of winning a medal for the second time in a row.
‘Defending champion’ Xu Ziyu (26, China), who holds the Asian record (51.86 seconds), will stand in lane number 4.
Veteran Irie Ryosuke (33, Japan), who won two consecutive Asian Games in Guangzhou in 2010 and Incheon in 2014, and placed second after Xu Jiao-yu in 2018, will compete with Lee Joo-ho for the medal sack in lane 3.
The men's 100m backstroke final will be held at 9:47 pm Korean time.