Lee Ju-ho (Seogwipo City Hall), who challenged for the first-ever Olympic backstroke final in Korean swimming history, tasted defeat in the semifinals.


On the 31st (local time), Lee Ju-ho touched the pad at 1 minute 56.76 seconds in the men's 200m backstroke semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the La D?fense Swimming Pool in Paris, France.

Lee Ju-ho is competing in the men's 100m backstroke preliminary heat at the 2024 Paris Olympics held on the 28th (local time) at La D?fense Arena in Paris, France. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Lee Ju-ho is competing in the men's 100m backstroke preliminary heat at the 2024 Paris Olympics held on the 28th (local time) at La D?fense Arena in Paris, France. [Image source=Yonhap News]

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Lee Ju-ho finished 5th in his heat and 11th overall, failing to advance to the final. Only the top 8 out of 16 advance to the final.


The 8th place finisher who barely made it to the final, Hugo Gonzalez (Spain), recorded a time 0.24 seconds faster than Lee Ju-ho.


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Lee Ju-ho also reached the semifinals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 but failed to advance to the final, finishing 11th.


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