[Asian Games] Kim Suji's Challenge for Korea's First Women's 3m Springboard Medal

Total 302.45 points from preliminary rounds 1 to 5, ranked 3rd
Likely to compete with Mikami Sayaka for the bronze medal

South Korea's diving star Kim Suji (Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) is challenging for South Korea's first medal in the women's 3m springboard individual event at the Asian Games. On the 4th, at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games preliminaries held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Swimming Pool in Zhejiang Province, China, she ranked 3rd with a total score of 302.45 points from 1st to 5th dives. Along with Park Hareum (Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall), who placed 8th with 219.50 points, she advances to the finals. The final will take place at 6:30 PM that day.

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The women's 3m springboard diving event has been an official event since the 1954 Manila Games. No Korean athlete has won a medal yet. However, with Kim Suji finishing the preliminaries with a strong performance, the birth of the first medalist is anticipated. She is a promising athlete who won a medal for the first time as a Korean at the World Swimming Championships. She placed 3rd in the women's 1m springboard at the 2019 Gwangju World Championships. She also won consecutive bronze medals in the 1m springboard at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games and this Hangzhou Games.

Having added a bronze medal in the women's synchronized 3m springboard, Kim Suji aims for her third individual and fourth overall Asian Games medal in this final. The wall is high with China's Chen Yiwen (376.00 points) and Chang Yani (320.15 points), who ranked 1st and 2nd respectively in the preliminaries. She is expected to compete for the bronze medal against Sayaka Mikami (Japan), who placed 4th with 301.05 points.

Meanwhile, in the men's 10m platform individual preliminaries, Kim Youngtaek (Jeju Provincial Office) ranked 6th with 389.95 points, and Lee Jaekyung (Gwangju Metropolitan City Sports Council) ranked 7th with 367.60 points.

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