Brash teen swimmer takes aim at relay world record

At the tender age of 19, Korean swimmer Kim Young-beom is nothing if not confident. One may chalk it up to youthful chutzpah, as Kim declared Tuesday his goal for the upcoming world championships is to break the world record in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Kim will be teaming up with veterans Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min and Lee Ho-joon in the relay. The three raced to silver medal at last year's world championships in Doha with Yang Jae-hoon as the fourth member with a time of 7:01.94, only 0.10 second back of China. The quartet owns the national record time of 7:01.73, set during the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The world record time is 6:58.55, set by the United States during the 2009 worlds at the height of high-tech, full-body swimsuits that led to many other world records. Most of the marks set at the 2009 world championships have not been touched. But Kim, who has emerged as the new star in Korean swimming this year, voiced confidence the relay record could tumble at this year's worlds in Singapore, starting July 27. For Korea to get into the record books, Kim wouldWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times