Hwang Sun-woo (left), who won six medals in this competition, and Kim Woo-min, who achieved three swimming medals. yunhap news
Although the desired goal was not completely achieved, it was a competition where one could look at possibilities.
The ‘2022 Hangzhou Asian Games’, Asia’s largest sports festival held in Hangzhou, China on the 23rd of last month, ended on the 8th.
Korea, which dispatched 1,140 athletes to 39 events, won 42 gold medals, 59 silver medals, and 89 bronze medals, achieving its goal of 3rd place overall. Although they did not achieve their goal of 50 gold medals, they had 2 more overall medals than Japan.
Although the team performed poorly in wrestling, judo, and ball sports such as volleyball and basketball, which were traditional powerhouses on the Asian stage, they were able to raise expectations for the future by winning several medals in basic sports.
Hwang Sun-woo cheers after winning the gold medal in the men’s 200m freestyle. yunhap news
The sport in which Korea won the gold medal in the early stages of the competition was definitely swimming.
Even before, Korea had not been able to make much of an impact on the Asian stage, being pushed back by China and Japan in swimming. In particular, after Park Tae-hwan retired, the team began to fall out of the public’s attention due to the absence of star players.
However, Hwang Seon-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office), who showed great progress at the 2022 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, and Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Provincial Office), a mid-to-long distance powerhouse. New stars such as Lee Ho-jun (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) and Baek In-cheol (Busan Metropolitan City Jung-gu Office) performed well in this competition.
Korean swimming star Hwang Sun-woo also won two gold medals in the men’s 200m freestyle, silver medals in the 400m men’s medley relay and 400m men’s relay, and bronze medals in the 100m freestyle and 400m mixed medley relay, taking home a whopping six medals.
In addition, Kim Woo-min became the third Korean swimmer to win three Asian Games gold medals, including winning the men’s 400m freestyle event, beating Chinese champion Fan Zhanle. Kim Woo-min was also selected as the Korean MVP of the Asian Games by the Korean reporters.
Another achievement is that the gold medals were not distributed favorably to some athletes. Baek In-cheol became the first Korean athlete to win a gold medal in the men’s 50m butterfly, setting a new Korean record and a new tournament record. Ji Yu-chan (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) also won a gold medal in the men’s 50m freestyle at the Asian Games for the first time in 21 years.
Korean swimming management, led by male athletes who have grown significantly, collected 6 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 10 bronze medals, breaking the record for the most gold medals in swimming at the Asian Games (4 at the 2010 Guangzhou Games).
In particular, they broke Korean records in as many as 14 events, including new Korean records in all six relay events.
Korean swimming has tended to rely on star athletes like Park Tae-hwan. However, things have completely changed since Chung Chang-hoon, the new president of the Korea Swimming Federation, took office in 2021. He was the first to create a ‘strategy development team’. The federation decided that it was important to complement each player’s perceived shortcomings and immediately began customized training.
Coming together as a team and strengthening teamwork with the goal of winning was a scene rarely seen in Korean swimming before. However, they have shown trust in each other in relay races, racing together as a team, and competing fiercely in individual races. Not one special star, but several players capable of competing increased their competitiveness in team competitions, which became a decisive force in writing a new history at the Asian Games.
Ahn Se-young collapses and cheers after overcoming injury and winning the gold medal. yunhap news
Badminton, which suffered the humiliation of no medals at the Jakarta-Palembang competition five years ago, also made a splendid comeback in Hangzhou.
The Korean badminton team won two gold medals, two silver medals, and three bronze medals in this competition.
The women’s national team won the team gold medal by defeating China in the finals, and in the women’s singles, Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) defeated her rival, China’s Chen Yufei, to win the gold medal. Ahn Se-young, who shed tears of regret after being eliminated in the round of 16 at the Jakarta-Palembang competition, won two gold medals in the team and individual competitions in this competition, which she participated in after becoming world No. 1, proving that she is the best in Asia.
Men’s doubles Choi Sol-gyu (Yonex) and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and women’s doubles Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) lost in the finals and each won silver medals. The men’s team won a bronze medal in the team event, the women’s doubles Kim So-young (Incheon International Airport) and Kong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) won a bronze medal, and the mixed doubles Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon International Airport) won a bronze medal.
It is evaluated that the level of Korean badminton has been raised to the next level, with not only Ahn Se-young but also the world’s best men’s and women’s doubles teams doing well. Through this competition, we have proven that we can sufficiently overcome Japan and China, which form a rivalry in international competitions.
Shin Yu-bin catches the ball. yunhap news
In table tennis, it has proven its competitiveness to extend beyond Asia and into the world.
He won a total of eight medals, including one gold medal. The ‘strongest combination’ Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee struck gold in women’s doubles for the first time in 21 years, posting much better results than the four medals (1 silver and 3 bronze) from the previous competition.
He still proved his competitiveness in Taekwondo and fencing, which were previously known as the best sports.
Kang Wan-jin (Hongcheon County Office) and Cha Ye-eun (Kyung Hee University) brought home two gold medals in men’s and women’s poomsae, and in sparring, Jang Jun (Korea Gas Corporation) in the men’s 58kg class, Park Hye-jin (Goyang City Hall) in the women’s 53kg class, men’s 80kg Park Woo-hyuk (Samsung S-One) in the kg class won the gold medal. Taekwondo led Korea’s competition for medals in the early stages of the competition, meeting the original goal of five gold medals.
Im Si-hyun won three gold medals in women’s archery recurve. yunhap news
In archery, the recurve team swept four out of five gold medals.
Im Si-hyeon (Korea National Sports University) won the first gold medal in recurve in the mixed team event with Woo-seok Lee (Kolon), and won the second gold medal in the women’s individual event by winning a ‘house battle’ with Ansan (Gwangju Women’s University). She also won the women’s team event with Ansan and Choi Mi-seon (Gwangju Bank), winning three gold medals. It has been 37 years since the 1986 Seoul Games that a Korean athlete won three archery titles.
In addition, Lee Woo-seok, Oh Jin-hyuk (Hyundai Steel), and Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office) won gold medals in the men’s team event, making it the first time in 13 years since the 2010 Guangzhou Games that both men and women won together. Korea failed to win a gold medal in the men’s individual event, but Lee Woo-seok won a bronze medal in the third place match.
However, the compound team failed to win the gold medal due to the strength of India. India took all five gold medals in the compound. Instead, Joo Jae-hoon (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power), a member of the club, garnered attention by winning two silver medals in the compound event.
Koo Bon-gil (left) and Oh Sang-wook won silver medals in the men’s saber fencing event. yunhap news
In fencing, he won 6 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals, and won the overall title in each event for the 4th time in a row since the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
Sang-wook Oh (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) won the men’s saber individual event and then swept the team event with Koo Bon-gil, Kim Jeong-hwan (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation), and Kim Jun-ho (Hwaseong City Hall), winning two gold medals. Choi In-jeong (Gyeryong City Hall) also won two gold medals in the women’s epee individual and team events.
In addition, Song Se-ra (Busan Metropolitan City Hall), Kang Young-mi (Gwangju Metropolitan City Seo-gu Office), and Lee Hye-in (Gangwon Provincial Office) contributed as members of the group exhibition. In addition, Ji-su Yoon (Seoul City Hall) won the women’s saber individual event, and the men’s foil team consisting of Gwang-hyeon Lee (Hwaseong City Hall), Tae-gyu Ha (Daejeon Urban Development Corporation), Jun Heo (Gwangju City Hall), and Cheol-woo Lim (Seongbuk-gu Office) also won the gold medal.
Korean shooting, which had been concerned about the absence of a superstar other than Jin Jong-oh, declared its revival in Hangzhou. The shooting team, which continued its cruise by winning medals for four consecutive days after the start of the schedule, collected a total of 10 medals, including 2 gold medals, in this competition.
The Korean LoL national team won the gold medal in the eSports LoL event. yunhap news
It was an opportunity to prove that Korea is the leading country in e-sports and breaking, which were adopted as new sports at this Asian Games.
In esports, where 7 events were adopted, Korea participated in a total of 4 events, including ‘League of Legends (LoL)’, ‘Street Fighter 5’, ‘FC Online’, and ‘Battleground Mobile’, winning 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 1 bronze medal. He won the dog and succeeded in winning prizes in all events.
In breaking, Korean b-boying legend Kim Hong-yeol (Hong10) won the silver medal. The remaining three players who participated together also showed good performances, reaching the quarterfinals.
It is expected that the performance in basic sports led by the ‘golden generation’ will bring Korea many gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which will open at the end of July next year. However, the weakness in some ball sports and speculative sports remains a problem that Korean sports must solve.
Chairman Lee Ki-heung said, “We surpassed Japan in the total number of medals (due to good performance in basic sports), but there were also clear limitations and points of improvement,” and added, “We will create a task force (TF) in the athletes’ village to accurately analyze why problems like this occurred, evaluate them, and make corrections.” “He said.
Reporter Kim Chan-hong [email protected]
2023-10-09 22:17:26
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