Hwang Seon-woo (21, Gangwon Provincial Office) won his fourth medal at the World Aquatics Championships by finishing second in the 800m team relay, becoming the Korean athlete with the most medals.

Sunwoo Hwang teamed up with Woomin Kim, Jaehoon Yang (Gangwon Provincial Office), and Hojun Lee (Jeju City Hall) to participate in the men's 800m relay final at the 2024 International Aquatics Federation World Aquatics Championships held at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar on the 17th (Korean time), competing for 7 minutes. He took second place with a time of 01.94 seconds. 스포츠 토토사이트

The gold medal was taken by China with a time of 7:01.84, and the bronze medal was taken by the United States with a time of 7:02.08.

Hwang Seon-woo, the ‘last swimmer’ who received the baton for third place on this day, displayed a great performance and changed the color of the medal.

He chased after the United States and China, who were competing for the lead, and rose to second place after overtaking the United States in the last 50 meters. Afterwards, he narrowed the distance to leader China and aimed for a come-from-behind victory, but he touched the touchpad 0.1 seconds behind China's last English speaker, Zhang Zhanshuo.

Unfortunately, he missed out on the championship, but Hwang Sun-woo achieved the feat of winning the first medal in the team competition at the World Championships for Korean swimming along with the Golden Generation.

With this, Hwang Sun-woo became the Korean swimmer with the most medals at the World Championships.

Having established himself as a world-class athlete in the 200m freestyle, he has won three consecutive medals in this event starting at the 2022 Budapest Games.

Sunwoo Hwang, who won a silver medal at the 2022 Budapest Games and a bronze medal at the 2023 Fukuoka Games, won the gold medal with a thrilling flip in the 200m freestyle final at the Doha Games on the 14th.

Hwang Sun-woo became the first Korean swimmer to win the men's 200m freestyle title. All previous gold medals in management events were in the men's 400m freestyle.