"I want to do my best at the national championships"
Korean athletes return home from the World Junior Championships
Korean swimmer Kim Jun-woo (16-Gwangseong-Go) has returned home to congratulations after winning a silver medal at the World Junior Championships, 토토사이트 the first ever for South Korea.
Kim arrived at Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of Nov. 11 with his junior national teammates.
"I am grateful to coach Hwang Sung-tae, Kim Byung-gil and Lee Sung-cheol who helped me mentally to focus on the competition and have a good experience," Kim said through the Korean Swimming Federation. "The attention I received after winning the medal was a bit overwhelming, but I feel very good. I will do my best in the upcoming National Games."
Kim Jun-woo finished second in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Netanya, Israel, 스포츠토토 on Tuesday (June 10) with a time of 15:01.94.
It is only the second time a South Korean swimmer has won a medal at the World Junior Swimming Championships, which have been held for nine editions with the first in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2006.
Last year in Peru, Yang Ha-jung finished third in the women's 100-meter butterfly to give Korea its first-ever World Junior Championships medal.
Kim Jun-woo is the first Korean junior athlete to win a silver medal.
He also gained the symbolic distinction of having beaten Kim Woo-min (22-Gangwon Provincial Office), Korea's leading middle and long-distance swimmer.
Kim's time of 15:01.94 was 1.02 seconds ahead of Kim Woo-min's 15:02.96 in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the Korean National Team Trials in March.
Kim, who became Korea's No. 1 men's 1,500-meter freestyle swimmer in 2023, came within 0.95 seconds of the standard time (15:00.99) to qualify for the event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
"I am proud of our athletes for performing to the best of their abilities in an unfamiliar environment and confirming who the next generation of Korean swimmers will be," said Korean Swimming Federation President Chung Chang-hoon at the airport, "and I look forward to welcoming them back to the senior national team in the near future."
The team won one silver medal at the event, finishing in 18th place out of 94 competing nations. 스포츠토토맨