{"id":577523,"date":"2024-02-11T09:35:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T16:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=577523"},"modified":"2024-02-11T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:06:53","slug":"world-championships-kim-woo-min-wins-first-south-korean-gold-in-decade-in-400-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-kim-woo-min-wins-first-south-korean-gold-in-decade-in-400-free\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: Kim Woo-Min Wins First South Korean Gold in Decade in 400 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World Championships: Kim Woo-Min Wins First South Korean Gold in Decade in 400 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s <strong>Kim Woo-Min<\/strong> started the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha with a thrilling win in the men\u2019s 400 freestyle, a historic gold medal for his country that may well set the template for the week ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Kim was first at every wall from 100 meters on to win in 3:42.71 He just held off a charge by Australia\u2019s <strong>Elijah Winnington<\/strong> and <strong>Lukas Martens<\/strong> of Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The gold medal is the first for South Korea at a World Championships since 2013, when <strong>Park Tae-Hwan<\/strong> won this same event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-one-prelims-men-adam-peaty-makes-solid-return-ahmed-hafnaoui-ousted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Men&#8217;s Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-world-aquatics-championships-doha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 World Championships Meet Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-to-watch-2024-world-aquatics-championships-to-be-covered-live-on-peacock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Watch: 2024 World Aquatics Championships to be Covered Live on Peacock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2024\/world-aquatics-championships-swm-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 World Championships &#8211; Omega Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In what is likely to be a theme at this Worlds, the event was missing the gold medalist from last summer\u2019s World Championships, Australian <strong>Sam Short.<\/strong> The final was also without the presumptive favorite, <strong>Ahmed Hafnaoui,<\/strong> but that was due to the Tunisian finishing just 17th in prelims. It\u2019s a bit of a surprise from the reigning Olympic champ and the silver medalist at last year\u2019s Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Only two holdovers remain from the Olympic final in 2021. One was Winnington, who won gold at the 2022 World Championships. The other is Austrian veteran <strong>Felix Aubock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kim has been a fixture in the finals of recent meets. The 22-year-old was sixth in the 400 free at Worlds in 2022 and fifth in 2023. His best time at those events was 3:43.92 last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Kim asserted himself early Sunday, going to the lead after 100 meters. He stayed in the lead, consistently splitting 28-lows. It came at a price, and his final-50 split of 28.78 was only the fifth-fastest in the field. But he led by 1.5 seconds at the 300-meter wall, enough to hold off the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was planning a race like this, I always try to give fast pace and push as hard as I can from the start,&#8221; Kim said. &#8220;In the beginning I couldn\u2019t see where my rivals were, but in the last 50 metres, I knew they were getting really close. In the end, I pushed with all the energy I had left and I just hoped that I would be the one to finish first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Winnington jumped from third to second in the final 50 and was .15 seconds from closing the gap to Kim, finishing in 3:42.86. (His winning time in 2022 was 3:41.22.) Martens was a quarter-second back of Kim in 3:42.96.<\/p>\n<p>Winnington has had an uneven Olympic quad, though that isn&#8217;t entirely out of character among the Australian men&#8217;s program. Some of that has been the emergence of Short, who had a tremendous 2023 in what seems like the constant conveyor belt of talent Down Under, where stars are readily refreshed.<\/p>\n<p>But Winnington&#8217;s swim Sunday showed that he&#8217;s nowhere near ready to be one-and-done on the Olympic stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am in a really good head space,&#8221; said Winnington, who turned 24 in May. &#8220;Coming back off the disappointing Olympics, my first one in Tokyo, I had a really good 2022 and a disappointing last year. Now I\u2019m in a really good stride. That is the second-best time of my career and I am really happy. I went back and changed a lot with my gym program. Also mentally, I\u2019m in a really good head space, I\u2019m enjoying my swimming.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The World Championships last year in Fukuoka, I put a lot of pressure on myself to be the defending world champion. 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