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Hwang Sun-woo wins silver in men's 200m freestyle swimming

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TOKYO — Hwang Sun-woo won silver in the men's 200-meter freestyle swimming race on Wednesday for his second straight medal in the distance. Hwang clocked 1:44.62 to finish second in his Asiad title defense at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the Japanese capital. Zhang Zhanshuo of China won gold in 1:43.49, breaking Hwang's 11-month-old Asian record of 1:43.92 in the process. Tatsuya Murasa of Japan earned bronze with 1:44.81. This is Hwang's fourth med…

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Korean swimming signboard Hwang Sun-woo won a silver medal in the men's 200m freestyle at the Asian Games. The expected 2-game losing streak came to an end. Hwang Seon-woo took 2nd place with a record of 1:44:62 in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Management Men's 200m Freestyle Final held at the Aquatics Center in Tokyo, Japan on the 23rd.

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Hwang Sun-woo Advances to Final in 2nd Place in 200m Freestyle; Will He Win Gold on the Promised Land? Swimming at the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games. South Korea's sprint swimming star Hwang Sun-woo (23, Gangwon Provincial Office) took a light first step toward winning his second consecutive gold medal in the 200m freestyle at the Asian Games. On the 23rd, at the 2026 Asian Games held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Japan...

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(Nagoya=Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-a = South Korea's swimming and fencing stars Hwang Sun-woo (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Office) and Oh Sang-uk (Daejeon Metropolitan City Office) won gold medals at the Asian Games for the second consecutive time...

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Hwang Sun-woo, who is aiming for his second consecutive gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle at the Asian Games, advanced to the finals in second place overall in the preliminary round.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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