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▲ South Korea's Yoon Ji-hwan won the bronze medal in the men's 50m backstroke final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on the 21st during the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
South Korean backstroke swimmer Yoon Ji-hwan (Gangwon State Office) has won a valuable bronze medal in the men's 50m backstroke at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Yoon touched the pad in 24.54 seconds to finish third in the men's 50m backstroke final held today at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Japan.
Starting from lane 5, Yoon made a quick entry with a reaction time of 0.56 seconds. After a fierce battle for the medals, he secured the bronze by beating fourth-place Stefan Goncharov (Bahrain, 24.92 seconds) by 0.38 seconds.
China swept both the gold and silver medals in this event.
China's Xu Jiayu, the Asian record holder, claimed the top spot by setting a new tournament record of 24.04 seconds, securing his second gold of the games following his victory in the 100m backstroke the previous day.
Xu shaved 0.24 seconds off the previous tournament record of 24.28 seconds set by Japan's Koga Junya at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
The silver medal went to Wang Zicheng of China, who clocked 24.49 seconds.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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