'Backstroke 100m' Lee Joo-ho finishes 5th in 50m backstroke heats to advance to final

Ji Yoo-chan (21-Daegu Metropolitan City Government) set an Asian Games record and a Korean record in the men's 50m freestyle preliminaries at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

Ji touched the touchpad in a time of 21.84 seconds in heat five of the men's 50m freestyle preliminaries 스포츠토토맨 at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games on Friday at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Aquatic Sports Arena.

It is an Asian Games meet record and a South Korean record.

Ji's qualifying time was 0.1 seconds faster than the previous Asian Games record of 21.94 set by Ning Zetao (CHN) at Incheon 2014.

It also broke the Korean record by three years. The previous Korean record was 22.16 set by Yang Jae-hoon (Gangwon Provincial Office) at the 2020 Business National Team Trials.

With his "surprise new record," Ji finished first out of 42 qualifiers and easily punched his ticket to the finals, which will feature the top eight finishers.

Ji was the only qualifier to break 21 seconds on the day.

Ian Yan Tou (HKR), who finished second overall, clocked 22.07.

Fan Zhanle (CHN), who won gold in the 100m freestyle the previous day with an Asian record (46.97), 토토사이트 finished fifth overall in 22.47.

Ji Yoo-chan will go for gold in the men's 50m freestyle final at 8.42pm.

The only other South Korean to win gold in the men's 50m freestyle at an Asian Games is Kim Min-seok, who tied for first in Busan in 2002. It is the only medal South Korea has won in the men's 50m freestyle.

His teammate, Baek In-chul (Busan Jung-gu Office), finished second in his heat of the 50m freestyle with a time of 22.68 seconds.

After finishing tied for eighth in the overall preliminary standings with Teng Tianwei (SINGAPORE), Baek had a re-race (swim-off). Baek posted a time of 22.39 in the swim-off, but was edged out of the final by Teng, who touched the touchpad in 22.24.

Korean women's swimming sensation Kim Seo-young (Gyeongbuk Provincial Office) finished third in her heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley in 2:16.27, good for seventh overall and a spot in the final, 스포츠토토 which will be contested by the top eight qualifiers.

In the women's 200-meter individual medley preliminaries, Mio Narita (JPN) finished first overall in 2:13.93. Yu Yiting (CHN) was second in 2:14.02 and Ye Xiwen (CHN) was third in 2:14.56.

In the 200-meter individual medley, which consists of 50 meters of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle, Kim won gold at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games. Kim will be looking for her second consecutive medal at the Games.

Lee Ju-ho (Seogwipo City Hall), who won bronze in the men's 100-meter backstroke on Aug. 24, qualified for the men's 50-meter backstroke final by finishing second in his heat and fifth overall in 25.39 seconds.

Only Sung Min Sung (bronze) in Doha 2006 and Kang Ji-seok (bronze) in Jakarta-Palembang 2018 have won medals in the men's 50m backstroke at an Asian Games.

In the women's 50m backstroke, Lee Eun-ji (Bangsango) qualified for the final after finishing fifth overall in her heat with a time of 28.80.

Lee suffered a setback when she was diagnosed with frostbite after undergoing cryotherapy treatment in late August, just over a month before the Games, but she made it to the final in her first Asian Games.

He Yanjing (Bangsango) clocked 2:00.18 in the women's 200m freestyle preliminaries to finish second, 1.28 seconds behind Li Bingjie (China - 1:58.90) and join her in the final.

In the men's 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries, Choi Dong-yeol (Gangwon Provincial Office) finished second overall in 59.90 and qualified for the final. Cho Sung-jae (Goyang City Hall) was sixth (1:01.68) and also punched his ticket to the final.

Qin Haiyang (China), who won gold in the men's 50m-100m-200m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka in July, qualified for the final in 58.35, first overall. 섯다