Lee Joo-ho wins silver medal in 200m backstroke at Asian Games... Won 9th medal in total
2nd place after Japan's Nishiono with 1 minute 56.58 seconds... Surpassing Xu Ja-wi and winning the silver medal
Quick Look
- Lee Ju-ho, captain of the Korean backstroke team, won a silver medal in the men's 200m backstroke final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, recording a time of 1 minute 56.58 seconds.
- This is his ninth Asian Games medal in his career.
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Why It Matters
Lee Joo-ho won a silver medal for the second time in a row in the men's 200m backstroke following the 2022 Hangzhou Games.
(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Dae-ho = Lee Joo-ho (Seogwipo City Hall), the representative of Korean backstroke and the captain of the national team, missed the gold medal by 0.16 seconds, but won the valuable silver medal, earning his 9th Asian Games medal.
Lee Joo-ho took second place in the men's 200m backstroke final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Japan on the 25th with a time of 1 minute 56.58 seconds, following Japan's Nishiono Kodai (1 minute 56.42 seconds).
Third place went to Chinese veteran Xu Ziyu (1 minute 56.73 seconds).
Joo-ho Lee, who started in lane 5, maintained second place all the way to the 50m (27.30), 100m (57.02), and 150m (1:26.93) points, closely following leader Xu Ja-yu.
Nishiono, who was in 3rd place in the last 50 meters, came back to 1st place with a fierce last-minute spurt, and Lee Joo-ho fought with all his might until the end, beating Xu Ja-yu and maintaining 2nd place.
As a result, Lee Joo-ho won a silver medal for the second time in a row in the men's 200m backstroke following the 2022 Hangzhou Games.
Lee Joo-ho, who previously won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke and a bronze medal in the men's 400m medley relay at this competition, showed his potential as the eldest brother of Korean swimming by increasing his personal Asian Games medal count to 9 (3 silver, 6 bronze).
