Finswimmer Hwang Gyu-jin Sets New Asian Record in Men's 50m Surface at World Championships

South Korean national finswimmer Hwang Gyu-jin (Gyeongnam Sports Council) has set a new Asian record in the men's 50m surface event at the 24th CMAS Finswimming World Championships.
In the event final held at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center in Incheon on June 26, Hwang clocked in at 15.03 seconds to claim the gold medal, finishing ahead of Park Tae-ho (Chungnam Sports Council, 15.31 seconds).
In the women's 200m immersion event, Baek Seo-hyun (Chungnam Sports Council) won the bronze medal with a time of 1 minute and 24.46 seconds, while Shin Myeong-jun (Seoul City Hall) took the bronze in the men's 200m immersion with a time of 1 minute and 13.75 seconds.
Shin Myeong-jun, who won the gold medal and set a new world record in the men's 100m immersion the previous day, secured his second medal of the tournament.
Finswimming is a sport where athletes compete to swim a set distance as quickly as possible while wearing a monofin, which resembles a dolphin tail, or bifins. It is not an official Olympic sport.
The tournament continues through the day after tomorrow.
(Photo courtesy of Korea Underwater Diving Association, Yonhap News)
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