
Tied for second place with Japan's Tabuchi at 7 minutes 43.86 seconds... China's Zhang Zhanshu wins 5 awards
Kim Jun-woo, a promising star in Korean swimming, tied with Japan's Kaito Tabuchi for a silver medal in the men's 800m freestyle final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, recording a time of 7 minutes 43.86 seconds.
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Kim Jun-woo participated in the men's 800m freestyle final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Tied for second place with Japan's Tabuchi at 7 minutes 43.86 seconds... China's Zhang Zhanshu wins 5 awards
(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-ho Lee = Kim Jun-woo (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province), the future of Korea's middle and long distance distances, won a silver medal in the men's 800m freestyle at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Kim Jun-woo, born in 2007, recorded a time of 7 minutes 43.86 seconds in the men's 800m freestyle final held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Japan on the 24th, tying for second place with Japan's Kaito Tabuchi.
While Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province), the 'defending champion' in this event, gave up participating due to a shoulder injury, Kim Jun-woo, who started alone, started in lane 2 and performed an amazing sprint, maintaining the top position throughout the race.
The gold medal went to China's Zhang Zhanshuo, who set a new competition record of 7 minutes 42.49 seconds.
Zhang Zhanshuo beat the previous competition record (7 minutes 46.03 seconds) set by Kim Woo-min at the 2022 Hangzhou Games by 3.54 seconds.
Zhang Zhanshuo won the 200m and 1,500m freestyle, the 400m medley relay, the 800m freestyle, and the 800m freestyle, winning five competition titles.

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Korean swimmer Kim Jun-woo won a silver medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by tying for second place in the men's 800m freestyle final with a time of 7 minutes 43.86 seconds. He kept his promise to his senior Kim Woo-min, who withdrew due to injury, and achieved valuable results in his first Asian Games.

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