Hwang Sunwoo Advances to Semifinals in 16th Place in 100m Freestyle [Paris Olympics]

Hwang Sun-woo (21, Gangwon Province Office) barely advanced to the semifinals by placing 16th in the 100m freestyle preliminaries.

On the 30th (Korean time), Hwang recorded a time of 48.41 seconds, ranking 16th in the men's 100m freestyle preliminaries at the 2024 Paris Olympics swimming event held at the La D?fense Swimming Pool in Paris, France.

Hwang Sun-woo competed in the men's 100m freestyle heats at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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The male swimmers competing in the 100m freestyle were divided into 10 heats. Hwang turned at 50m in 4th place in his heat but lost speed after the turn. He ranked 16th out of 79 competitors overall, narrowly advancing to the semifinals. He was only 0.05 seconds ahead of the 17th-place swimmer.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, Hwang Sun-woo recorded 6th place in the preliminaries (47.97 seconds), 4th place in the semifinals (47.56 seconds), and 5th place in the finals (47.82 seconds) in the men's 100m freestyle.

Hwang's main event is the 200m freestyle. However, at the Paris Olympics, he placed 9th (1 minute 45.92 seconds) in the 200m freestyle semifinals, failing to advance to the finals.

Considering his stamina, Hwang will not participate in the men's 800m freestyle relay preliminaries held today. The Korean men's 800m freestyle relay team, consisting of Lee Ho-jun (Jeju City Office), Lee Yoo-yeon (Goyang City Office), Kim Young-hyun (Anyang City Office), and Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Province Office), will compete in order. If the team advances to the finals, Hwang will join as a member of the relay team for the finals on the 31st.

There is speculation that Hwang may forgo competing in the 100m freestyle semifinals. The men's 100m freestyle semifinals will start at 3:30 AM on the 31st, and the men's 800m freestyle relay finals will begin at 5:15 AM.

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