Kim Seo-young, World Aquatics Women’s 200m Individual Medley Runner-Up
Kim Seo-young passed the World Aquatics Women’s 200m Individual Medley semifinal preliminaries, finishing 10th out of 25 people with a time of 2 minutes 13.85 seconds.
Korean women’s swimming star Kim Seo-young (29, Gyeongbuk Provincial Office) made a strong start toward advancing to the finals of the 200m individual medley world championships for the fourth time in her career. 바카라사이트
In the women’s 200m individual medley preliminaries at the 2024 International Swimming Federation World Championships held at the Earthfire Dome in Doha, Qatar on the 11th, Seoyoung Kim touched down with her time of 2 minutes, 13.85 seconds.
Among the 25 people who participated in the preliminary round, Kim Seo-young, who participated in the last 3 groups, ranked 10th and earned a ticket to the semifinals, which was given to a total of 16 people.
Kim Seo-young, who was the first Korean athlete to compete in the business management event at the Doha Games that started on this day, passed the preliminaries with ease and showed herself as the eldest member of the business team.
The semifinals of the women’s 200m individual medley will be held at 1 a.m. on the 12th, Korean time.
Seoyoung Kim advanced to the finals of the World Championships in this event three times in a row, from the 2017 Budapest Games to the 2019 Gwangju Games and the 2022 Budapest Games, and ranked 6th.
Last year she competed in Fukuoka, where she passed the preliminaries in 2:11.50 and placed 14th, but she only placed 13th in the semifinals, where she failed to advance to the finals.
She later competed, and in the women’s 200m individual medley at the Hangzhou Asian Games, she won a bronze medal with a respectable time of 2 minutes, 10.36 seconds, heralding her comeback.
Kate Douglas (USA) took first place overall with an overwhelming record of 2 minutes 10.01 seconds, while Sydney Pickrem (Canada, 2 minutes 10.97 seconds) and Marit Steenbergen (Netherlands, 2 minutes 11.45 seconds) took second place. Finished the race in 3rd place.
Douglas, a gold medalist in the women’s 200m individual medley at the 2023 Fukuoka Games, will attempt to win her second consecutive title.