[National Sports Festival] Hwang Sun-woo, challenging for 6 gold medals, ‘golden water’ for two days in a row… Athletics Joel Jin also won 2 gold medals (overall)

(Jeju, Seogwipo = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon and Choi Song-a = Korean swimming ace Hwang Seon-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office) and track and field sprint star Namadi Joel-jin (Yecheon County Office) won gold medals for two consecutive days at the 107th National Sports Festival.

Hwang Sun-woo won the men's 200m swimming final at the 107th National Sports Festival held at the Jeju Stadium swimming pool in Jeju City on the 19th with a record of 1 minute 46.22 seconds, beating Lee Ho-jun (Jeju City Hall, 1 minute 47.97 seconds) and Heo Won-seo (Seoul City Hall, 1 minute 49.41 seconds).

Hwang Sun-woo, who won the gold medal the day before in the men's 800m relay final along with his teammates Kim Young-beom, Yang Jae-hoon, and Kim Jun-woo, won two gold medals in the competition. In addition, he succeeded in winning the event for the fifth time in a row starting in 2022.

He will also participate in the 200m individual medley and 400m relay on the 20th, the 400m mixed medley relay on the 21st, and the 400m medley relay on the 22nd.

However, the 400m mixed medley relay will be held as a demonstration event.

In the men's 100m backstroke final held on the same day, Lee Ju-ho (Seogwipo City Hall), silver medalist at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, won with a time of 54.05 seconds.

Lee Joo-ho, who won the gold medal in the 200m backstroke on the 17th, won two gold medals in the competition.

Cho Seong-jae (Army Military Athletic Corps) won the men's general division 200m breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes 9.87 seconds.

Jo Hyeon-joo (Gyeongbuk Provincial Office, 1 minute 59.42 seconds) won the gold medal in the women's general 200m freestyle division, Lee Eun-ji (Gangwon Province Sports Council, 1 minute 1.07 seconds) won gold medals in the women's 100m backstroke division, and Park Si-eun (Gangwon Province Sports Council, 2 minutes 25.57 seconds) won gold medals in the women's general division 200m breaststroke.

Korean diving stars Woo Ha-ram (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation) and Kim Su-ji (Ulsan City Sports Council) also won gold medals.

Woo Ha-ram won the men's regular 1m springboard with 379.40 points, and Kim Su-ji won the women's regular 3m springboard with 274.90 points, setting a gold medal for her fifth consecutive victory in this event.

Namadi Joel Jin took first place with a new competition record of 20.47 seconds in the men's 200m final held at Gangchanghak Stadium in Seogwipo. The previous competition record was 20.51 seconds by Ko Seung-hwan in 2024.

Namadi Joel Jin, who won the 100m and 200m the previous day for two consecutive years since his debut on the professional stage, is aiming for three gold medals in the 400m relay for the second consecutive year on the 20th.

Seo Min-jun (Seocheon County Office), who teamed up with Namadi Joel Jin and Viwesa Daniel Gasama (Ansan City Hall) to win a bronze medal in the 400m relay at the Asian Games, took second place in the 200m (20.73 seconds) on this day, and Lee Jae-seong (Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall) took third place (21.08 seconds).

Viwesa, whose legs were not in good condition, withdrew from the 200m preliminaries on this day, following the 100m the previous day.

In the women's 200m division, Kim Seo-yoon (Changwon City Hall) took the top spot with a time of 23.99 seconds, beating Kim Ju-ha (Siheung City Hall, 24.07 seconds) and won two gold medals, following the 400m race the previous day.

Kim Joo-ho (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall), who competed in the 400m hurdles in the men's general division, won the championship with a time of 50.48 seconds, winning his second gold medal following the 110m hurdles the day before.

In the men's general division shot put, Sim Jun (Yeongwol County Office), who holds the Korean record (19m 49), won his third consecutive title with a throw of 18m 68.

Park Si-hoon (Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall), who represented this event in the Asian Games, won a silver medal (18m 28) in his debut match in the general division of the National Sports Festival.

Song Da-bin (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council), who was the only Korean Taekwondo sparring athlete to win a gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, won the women's general category over 67kg for three consecutive years.

Song Da-bin defeated Jeong Yu-na (Gimje City Hall) with a round score of 2-0 (14-5 12-2) in the round of 16 held at Halla Gymnasium in Jeju City, and defeated Oh Seung-ju (Incheon Jemulpo-gu Office) in the quarterfinals and Choi Yeo-jin (Suseong-gu Office) in the semifinals.

He showed off his overwhelming skills in the final against Baek Seon-kyung (Goyang City Hall) and won 2-0 (10-0 0-0 lead).

Asian Games women's 10m air pistol gold medalist Cheo Chu-eun (Imsil County Office) participated as a representative of Jeonbuk with 2024 Paris Olympics 25m pistol gold medalist Yang Ji-in (Woori Bank) in the women's general air pistol team event held at Changwon International Shooting Range, and won the competition by setting a new competition record of 1,736 points.

In the individual competition, Chu Eun placed third (218.3 points), following Lee Si-yoon (Imsil County Office, 243.7 points) and Yang Ji-in (239.1 points). Lee Si-yoon swept the individual and team competitions and won two gold medals.

In the individual archery competition held at the Andeok Lifestyle Gymnasium in Seogwipo, Paris Olympic three-time gold medalists Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) and Im Si-hyeon (Hyundai Mobis) were eliminated early in the round of 32 and round of 16, respectively.

Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office), who holds three Olympic gold medals and helped win the men's team event at this year's Asian Games, defeated Choi Jae-hwan (Daejeon Metropolitan Sports Council) in the men's general division round of 16 and reached the quarterfinals.