{"id":534739,"date":"2023-08-03T07:21:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=534739"},"modified":"2023-08-03T07:21:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:21:53","slug":"short-of-the-worlds-podium-south-korea-has-path-to-mens-800-free-relay-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-of-the-worlds-podium-south-korea-has-path-to-mens-800-free-relay-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Short of the Worlds Podium, South Korea Has Path to Men\u2019s 800 Free Relay Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short of the Worlds Podium, South Korea Has Path to Men\u2019s 800 Free Relay Medal<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of eyes will be on the Asian Games this fall, when some of the continent\u2019s top swimmers converge on Hangzhou, China. The host country, given its outstanding performance at the World Aquatics Championships last week (five gold, 16 total medals), will demand headliner status. But one harbinger of the Olympic year ahead that could stem from Hangzhou might be supplied by South Korea’s men.<\/p>\n

On paper, South Korean should be a medal contender in the men’s 800 free relay. In Fukuoka last week, that didn\u2019t quite happen. And they\u2019ve got less than a year to smooth out the kinks.<\/p>\n

South Korea finished sixth in the final of the men\u2019s 800 free relay<\/a>. The same foursome \u2013 Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Yang Jae-hoon <\/strong>and Lee Ho-joon<\/strong> \u2013 clocked in at 7:06.82 in the morning prelims, and then 7:04.07. But there\u2019s more than meets the eye in those swims.<\/p>\n

Here are the splits from each swim (night split first, then morning):<\/p>\n