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Breaststroke kick violation decision... He won three gold medals in the 400m relay.
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The 107th National Sports Festival was held at the Jeju Stadium swimming pool.
(Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = Korean swimming ace Hwang Seon-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office)'s challenge to win 6 gold medals at the National Sports Festival was canceled.
Hwang Sun-woo was the first to touch the pad in the 200m individual medley final of the 107th National Sports Festival held at the swimming pool of Jeju Stadium in Jeju City on the 20th, but was disqualified.
The referee ruled that Hwang Sun-woo violated the kicking motion in the breaststroke motion, and Hwang Sun-woo clearly acknowledged this.
On this day, Hwang Seon-woo won a gold medal in the men's 400m relay final with Kim Young-beom, Yang Jae-hoon, and Kim Min-jun (Gangwon Provincial Office), winning three gold medals with a time of 3 minutes 16.89 seconds.
He won gold medals in the men's 800m relay and 200m freestyle, and will compete in the 400m mixed medley relay on the 21st and the 400m medley relay on the 22nd.
The 400m mixed medley relay is a demonstration event and is not included in the official records.
Hwang Sun-woo can now challenge for the unofficial 5th gold medal and the official 4th gold medal in this competition.
As of the 19th, the winner of the most gold medals in the general division was gymnast Yeo Yeo-jeong (Jecheon City Hall), who won 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 1 bronze medal.
If Hwang Sun-woo receives the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in this tournament, he will be able to tie with Park Tae-hwan for the most MVP awards by winning a total of 5 times, but his chances have become smaller as he failed to challenge for the unofficial 6 awards and the official 5 awards.
Kim Young-beom, the gold medalist in the men's 50m freestyle at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, won his third gold medal in this competition, following the men's 50m freestyle and 800m relay in the general division.
In the men's general division 400m freestyle, Kim Jun-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office) took first place with a record of 3 minutes 49.57 seconds, beating Lee Ho-jun (3 minutes 51.19 seconds, Jeju City Hall) and won three gold medals in the competition.
Yang Seok-hyeon (Daegu City Hall, 1 minute 59.97 seconds) won the gold medal in the men's 200m individual medley, where Hwang Sun-woo was disqualified.
Han Da-kyung (Jeonbukwon Sports Team), a representative of women's freestyle middle and long distances, won the 400m freestyle, setting a new Korean record of 4 minutes 9.23 seconds.
Handa Kyung broke the previous Korean record (4 minutes 9.65 seconds) set by Park Hee-kyung (Anyang City Hall) at the 45th Presidential Cup National Swimming Competition in August of this year in two months.
This is the first time a new Korean record has been set in a swimming event at this competition.
Han Da-kyung, who won the 800m freestyle in the women's general division on the 18th, won two gold medals in this competition.
Kim Seo-young (Gyeongbuk Provincial Office), who played a leading role in Korean women's swimming, won gold medals in the 200m individual medley and 400m relay in the women's general division, winning three gold medals in the competition.
In the women's 50m backstroke, Yunjeong Lee (Jeonbukwon Sports Team) took first place with a time of 28.81.
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