Description
It is truly infinite competition. 안전 토토사이트
The Korean men's 800-meter relay team, which is set to become the first Korean swimmer to win a gold medal in the team event for management at the Olympics through the 2024 Paris Olympics, will continue its race until the very last minute. The key is to set the record within the 1-minute and 46-second mark. Only those who enter the record by the deadline for submitting the final entry designated by the Korean Olympic Committee can win a ticket to Paris in the 800-meter relay race.
The Korean Swimming Federation announced the final entry for the national swimming team for the Paris Olympics on Thursday after two competition improvement committees. However, the final entry for the 800-meter relay race will be postponed until the deadline for submitting the entry. The Korean swimming federation plans to maximize athletes' performance through competition until the end, during which the target record is to enter the 1:46 range.
First of all, Hwang Sun-woo (1:44:90) and Kim Woo-min (1:45:68; Kangwon Province Office) and Lee Ho-joon (Jeju City Hall, 1:46:52) who ranked first to third in men's 200-meter freestyle through the last national team competition have confirmed their participation in the 800-meter relay. Lee Ho-joon has been confirmed to fly to Paris as the exclusive winner of the 800-meter team event in men's relay.
However, the remaining seats are undecided. In the last competition, Kim Young-hyun (Anyang City Hall) ranked fourth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:47:37, but the national team believes that it is possible to win the team event, which is the goal of the Olympics, only when all English players enter the 1:46 mark. This is the background of the team's decision to select not only Kim Young-hyun but also Lee Yoo-yeon (Goyang City Hall, 1:47:58) and Yang Jae-hoon (Gangwon Provincial Office, 1:48:27), who ranked sixth, as candidates for the reinforcement training, to induce competition to the end.
Among them, the athlete who enters the target time of 1:46 seconds at domestic competitions scheduled in May and June can be listed as the 800-meter relay race in Paris. Indeed, fierce competition continues until the final entry is confirmed. The best-case scenario is that all three skaters will be qualified to enter this record. Then, it will be possible to strategically develop English players at the future Olympics.
"We will continue our competition until the date of submission of the final entry. If everyone has a valid record (1 minute and 46 seconds), all three players can be included in the entry, and if only a few players are selected, the federation plans to recommend only those players. If no player enters the target record, he or she should eventually enter the rankings in the national team selection matches," a federation official said. "The best scenario is that all players enter the 1:46 second mark and put their names on the entry list. Then, we will be able to strategically engage in such things as accumulating physical stamina for players who are participating in overlapping competitions."
In particular, this fierce internal competition is expected to draw more attention and expectations as it is directly connected to the possibility of a medal in the men's 800m relay Olympics. Junghoon Lee said through the federation, "We need to give them a chance to the end and foster players in the 1 minute and 46 seconds to reproduce the victory at the Hangzhou Asian Games at the Olympics."