Kim Chae-yoon becomes first South Korean woman to complete 1,500 meters in short course freestyle

Kim Chae-yoon becomes first South Korean woman to complete 1,500 meters in short course freestyle

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Kim Chae-yoon (16, Daejeon Cheongo) became the first South Korean woman to complete the 1,500-meter short course (25-meter) freestyle.

Kim touched the touchpad in 16:43.29 in the women's 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2024 International Swimming Federation Management World Cup on Friday at the Munhak Park Taehwan Swimming Pool in Incheon, South Korea.

Only five swimmers competed in the women's 1,500-meter freestyle on the day, and Kim finished first.

According to the Korean Swimming Federation, she is the first Korean woman to finish the 1,500-meter freestyle in an official short course event. 토토사이트

Major international events such as the Olympics and Asian Games are held on the long course (50 meters), while the short course is used for the short course World Cup and Short Course World Championships organized by the International Swimming Federation.

Kim's time of 16:43.29 remains the Korean record in the short course women's 1,500-meter freestyle.

Kim, one of South Korea's top long-distance swimmers, won the women's 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2024 Korean National Team Management Trials in March this year.

In the men's 100-meter freestyle preliminaries that followed, Kim Young-bum (Gangwon Chego) finished first overall, ahead of Hwang Sun-woo, Yang Jae-hoon (Gangwon Special Provincial Government) and Fan Zhan-li (China).

Kim crossed the line in 46.78, while Fan Zhanle (6th-47.34), Yang Jaehoon (7th-47.41) and Hwang Sunwoo (8th-47.42) joined him in the final.

The men's 100-meter freestyle final will be held at 8:28 p.m. tonight.