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'Asia's Best 400m Freestyle' Kim Woo-Min

'Asia's best 400m freestyle' Kim Woo-min "I want to play on the world stage"

"The World Championships in Fukuoka are a prelude to the Asian Games"

Kim Woo-min (21, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Provincial Office), who has been recognized as the 'men's 400m freestyle 400m best in Asia', is looking towards the 'center of the world'.

Before leaving for Fukuoka, Japan on the 20th to compete in the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, Kim Woo-min met with reporters and said, "Can I dare to win the title of Asia's best?"

It was SwimSwam, an American swimming media outlet, that gave Kim Woo-min the title of 'Best in Asia'.

SwimSwamp published a preview of the men's 400m freestyle at the 2023 World Swimming Championships and

바카라사이트 wrote, "Kim Woo-min is the best Asian player in the men's 400m freestyle. Among Asian athletes in Fukuoka, Kim Woo-min was the closest to the medal in the 400m freestyle."

In fact, Kim Woo-min is 9th in the men's 400m freestyle world ranking (3:45:59) this season and 1st in Asia.

Swimswamp said, "Kim Woo-min came in 6th place in the 400m freestyle at the Budapest World Championships last year with a time of 3:45:64" and "This year, he set a personal best of 3:45:59, which means Kim Woo-min is ready to fight in the final in Fukuoka. meaning," he said.

Kim Woo-min advanced to the final with a time of 3:45:87 in the men's 400m freestyle preliminaries at the World Championships last year, 1st in 3 groups and 6th overall.

In the national selection match held in Gimcheon in March this year, he recorded a personal best of 3 minutes 45 seconds 59.

Looking at his record, he is not yet confident of winning a world championship medal.

Looking at the men's 400m freestyle rankings in 2023, Samuel Short (19, Australia) took first place with a time of 3 minutes 42 seconds 46, Lucas Martens (21, Germany) took second place with a time of 3 minutes 43 seconds 32, and Eliza Winnington (23, Australia), the world champion in Budapest, took third place with a time of 3 minutes 43 seconds 48.

SwimSwamp picked these three as strong contenders for the championship and strong players to win medals.

Kim Woo-min's predicted ranking was 8th.

Kim Woo-min said, "First of all, in this World Championship, I want to go to the finals, show off my skills as much as possible and get good results."

When asked, "Are you expecting to win a medal?", he expressed his aspirations by saying, "I'm thinking about that too."

In the men's 400m freestyle, Asian players have been strong for a while.

Park Tae-hwan of South Korea won the World Championships in Melbourne in 2007 and Shanghai in 2011, and Sun Yang (China) won four consecutive gold medals in this event in Barcelona in 2013, Kazan in 2015, Budapest in 2017 and Gwangju in 2019.

However, Kim Woo-min was the only Asian athlete to advance to the men's 400m freestyle final at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest.

Also in Fukuoka this time, Kim Woo-min is attracting the most attention among Asian athletes in the 400m freestyle.

At the Asian Games in Hangzhou, which opens in September, the degree of attention towards Kim Woo-min can increase.

In 2023, in the 800m freestyle, Kim Woo-min tied for first place in Asia (7:49:97) with Pei Liwei (China), and ran second (15:02:96) after Pei Liwei (14:46:59) in the 1,500m.

Including the 800m relay race with Hwang Seon-woo, Lee Ho-joon and Yang Jae-hoon, Kim Woo-min will challenge the 'multi-crown title' at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

This World Championship could be a 'prelude to the Asian Games' for Asian men's freestyle middle and long distance players.

Kim Woo-min said, "The Fukuoka World Championships are the last international competition to be held ahead of the Asian Games."