Jung So-eun Sets New Korean Record in Women's 100m Freestyle '54.82'...Improves by 0.01 Seconds

Jung So-eun, who set a new Korean record in the women's 100m freestyle and received a reward from the Korea Swimming Federation.

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomibeum] National swimming representative Jeong So-eun (26, Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) broke the Korean record in the women's freestyle 100m.

On the 21st, Jeong So-eun won first place with a new Korean record of 54.82 seconds in the women's general division freestyle 100m event at the 1st Gwangju National Swimming Championships held at the Gwangju Nambu University Municipal International Swimming Pool.

The previous Korean record was 54.83 seconds, set by Kim Seo-young (Gyeongbuk Provincial Office) at the national team selection competition in November 2020. This record was improved by 0.01 seconds after 20 months. Jeong So-eun received a 1 million KRW reward from the Korea Swimming Federation for the new Korean record.

Jeong So-eun raised expectations for breaking the Korean record in the freestyle 100m by posting a split time of 54.76 seconds as the anchor leg in the women's general division 4x100m freestyle relay (3 minutes 48.50 seconds) the day before, where she collaborated with her teammates An Se-hyun, Park Han-byeol, and Choi Hye-min to win.

With the addition of the freestyle 100m (54.82 seconds) to her existing records in the freestyle 50m (25.08 seconds) and butterfly 50m (26.26 seconds), Jeong So-eun now holds three Korean records.

Having also won the freestyle 50m on the 19th with a time of 25.32 seconds, achieving a triple crown, Jeong So-eun expressed through the federation, "Since the new dates for the postponed Hangzhou Asian Games have been confirmed, I will train even harder to show a good performance in Hangzhou."

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