[Asian Games] Jo Gwanghui and Jang Sangwon Advance to Finals in Kayak Double 500m Heats with 2nd Place

Trailing the 1st Place Chinese Team by 1.462 Seconds

South Korean canoeists Jo Gwang-hui (Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) and Jang Sang-won (Incheon Metropolitan City Hall) advanced to the final of the canoe sprint kayak doubles 500m at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

During the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, Jo Gwang-hee
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On the 30th, Jo Gwang-hui and Jang Sang-won recorded a time of 1 minute 37.030 seconds in the heats held at the Fuyang Water Sports Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, advancing to the final in 2nd place out of 13 teams overall. They were 1.462 seconds behind the 1st place Chinese team (Bu Tingkai - Wang Chongkang, 1 minute 35.568 seconds). They were 0.973 seconds faster than the 3rd place Iranian team (Sepehr Sachi - Peyman Gabidel Siah Sofiani, 1 minute 38.003 seconds).

The final will be held at the same venue on the 2nd of next month at 12:40 PM Korea Standard Time.

Jo Gwang-hui, known as the 'Asia's strongest' in kayak, consecutively won the kayak singles 200m event at the 2014 Incheon and 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games. Since that event was removed from this competition, he teamed up with Jang Sang-won to compete in the kayak doubles 500m.

Canoeing is broadly divided into sprint and slalom. Sprint takes place on calm water, while slalom is held on courses with rapids exceeding 2 m/s and obstacles such as rocks. Sprint is further divided into kayak and Canadian (canoe) based on the type of boat used. Kayak involves sitting in a covered boat and using a double-bladed paddle, whereas Canadian involves an open boat and a single-bladed paddle.

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