[Asian Games] Ji Yuchan Wins Gold in 50m Freestyle... 'New Competition Record'

Final record 21.72 seconds... shortened from preliminaries
Men's 50m freestyle gold medal after 21 years

Ji Yuchan (21, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) won South Korea's first swimming gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

Jiyuchan cheering after winning the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle final at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

On the 25th, Ji Yuchan secured the gold medal by touching the pad at 21.72 seconds in the men's 50m freestyle final held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Swimming Pool in Zhejiang Province, China. This is a new Korean record and a new competition record at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Having set both the Korean and competition records with 21.84 seconds in the preliminaries and ranking first, Ji Yuchan took the lead from the start in the final and further improved his time.

This is the first time in 21 years since Kim Minseok won a shared gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle at the 2002 Busan Asian Games, and it is the second time ever that a Korean athlete has won gold in this event at the Asian Games.

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