Hwang Sunwoo 4th, Kim Woo-min 12th... 'Both Advance to Semifinals' [Paris Olympics]

Passed the 200m Freestyle Heats at Paris Olympics
Popovich 1st, Rapsis 2nd, Angbo 3rd

"Korea's swimming ace" Hwang Sun-woo (Gangwon Province Office) has begun his march toward winning a medal.

Hwang Sun-woo (left) shakes hands with David Popovich after finishing the men's 200m freestyle preliminary heat at the Paris Olympics. [Paris=Yonhap News]

On the 28th (local time), at the La D?fense Arena in Paris, France, he recorded a time of 1:46.14 to finish 3rd in Heat 4 of the men's 200m freestyle preliminary round at the 2024 Paris Olympics swimming competition. He advanced to the semifinals ranked 4th overall. Out of 32 competitors, the top 16 times advance to the semifinals. Assigned to lane 5, Hwang Sun-woo touched the pad third behind David Popovici (Romania, 1:45.65) and Lucas Anbo (Belgium, 1:46.04). Danas Rap?ys (Lithuania, 1:45.91) from Heat 3 finished first in his heat and second overall, advancing to the semifinals with confidence.

Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Province Office), who won the bronze medal in the 400m freestyle the previous day, recorded a time of 1:46.64 in Heat 2 of the preliminaries. He placed 4th in his heat and 12th overall, advancing to the semifinals. This sets the stage for a potential second medal at the competition. He is showing a clear upward trajectory, having become Korea's second Olympic swimming medalist after Park Tae-hwan.

Kim Woo-min is cutting through the water in the men's 200m freestyle swimming heats at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [Paris=Yonhap News]

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