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On the 15th, the Korea Swimming Federation released the list of athletes who will participate in the 21st Doha World Aquatics Championships in 2024. 토토사이트
At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, which will be held in Doha, Qatar from February 2 to 19 next year (Korean time), Korea will have a total of 37 athletes and 11 instructors in 5 sports, including swimming, diving, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving. dispatch.
The federation said, “Korean athletes will participate in five of the six specific events excluding water polo,” and “Based on the national team selection and operation regulations and the International Aquatics Federation regulations after deliberation by the Korea Aquatics Federation Performance Improvement Committee.” “The team has been confirmed,” he said.
Korean management star Hwang Seon-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office) aims to win a third consecutive World Championships medal in Doha. In the men's 200m freestyle, Hwang Seon-woo ranked second in the 2022 Budapest Games and third in Fukuoka in 2023, becoming the first Korean swimmer to reach the podium at the World Championships two times in a row. In Doha, Sunwoo Hwang will compete in the 200m and 100m freestyle and the 800m relay, a team event.
Many of the world's top athletes, including David Popovic (Romania), gave up participating in the Doha World Championships to focus on preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympics, increasing Hwang's chances of winning a medal.
Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Provincial Office), who ranked 5th in the 400m freestyle in Fukuoka this year, is also attempting to win his first World Championships medal. Kim Woo-min also won the right to participate in the 200m freestyle, but decided to give up participation in this event to Lee Ho-jun (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall).
In the men's 800m relay, which will be led by Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-jun, and Lee Yu-yeon (Goyang City Hall), Korea is also expecting its first medal in the history of a team event at the World Championships. Korea's backstroke star Lee Joo-ho (Seogwipo City Hall) and rising star Yoon Ji-hwan (Gangwon Physical Education High School) are also athletes to watch in the men's management event. Kim Seo-young (Gyeongbuk Provincial Office), who leads the women's management team, will also lead her juniors to the Doha competition.
In diving, a total of eight people, including star Woo Ha-ram (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation) and Kim Su-ji (Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall), will participate in the individual competition and two-person synchro competition to secure a ticket to the Paris Olympics.
Currently, there is only one Korean diving athlete who has qualified for the Paris Olympics: Kim Young-taek (Jeju Provincial Office), men's 10m platform.
Duo Heo Yoon-seo (Apgujeong High School) and Lee Ri-young (Busan Swimming Federation), who have been working together since 2022, are also preparing for the Doha Games to present an Olympic qualification to the Korean Artistic Swimming Dut 12 years after the 2012 London Olympics.
In open water swimming, men's Park Jae-hoon (Seogwipo City Hall) and Oh Se-beom (Anyang City Hall) and women's Park Jeong-ju (Anyang City Hall) and Lee Hae-rim (Gyeongbuk Provincial Office) will participate.
Choi Byeong-hwa (Incheon Metropolitan Swimming Federation), the only high diver in Korea, will also participate in the Doha competition following Fukuoka and perform at a height of 27m.
The Korean swimming team entered the Jincheon National Team Athletes Village on the 11th and began strengthening training.
General manager Lee Jeong-hoon said, “We achieved remarkable results at the Hangzhou Asian Games, but our athletes are concentrating on winter training for their next goal.” He added, “The presence of Korean swimming, which is competitive not only in Asia but also globally, is evident in Doha.” “I will show you clearly,” he said.
Federation President Chung Chang-hoon encouraged the event, saying, “For veteran athletes, we hope it will be a prelude to next year’s most important Paris Olympics, and for promising athletes, it will be a springboard for gaining experience by watching world-class athletes compete on a bigger stage.”