Swimmer Kim Min-seop wins a dramatic bronze medal in the 200m butterfly at the Asian Games... Win by 0.01 seconds
Crown Prince wins, surpasses Wang Caesar, and crosses the finish line in 3rd place
Quick Look
- Korean swimmer Kim Min-seop won the bronze medal in the men's 200m butterfly final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, recording a time of 1 minute 55.94 seconds, beating fourth place Wang Caesar by 0.01 seconds.
- The gold medal was won by Taiwan's Kuan Hong.
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Why It Matters
The men's 200m butterfly final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games was held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Japan.
Taiwan's Wang Wang-hong won with 1 minute 55.05 seconds... Park Jeong-hoon ranked 5th with 1 minute 56.87 seconds.
Korean men's butterfly swimmer Kim Min-seop (Gyeongbuk Sports Council) won the bronze medal at the Asian Games after a dramatic touchpad victory by just 0.01 seconds.
Minseop Kim crossed the finish line in 3rd place with 1 minute 55.94 seconds in the men's 200m butterfly final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Japan on the 25th.
The gap with 4th place Wang Xizhe (China, 1 minute 55.95 seconds) was only 0.01 seconds.
Kim Min-seop won a valuable medal by hitting the touchpad first without losing concentration in a fierce spurt match that lasted until the last minute.
The gold medal went to Taiwan's Kuan Hong, who clocked 1 minute 55.05 seconds, and the silver medal went to China's Xu Fang, who clocked 1 minute 55.65 seconds.
Park Jeong-hoon (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), who also reached the final stage, performed well, taking 5th place with a time of 1 minute 56.87 seconds.
