New National Record After Overturned Disqualification… Second Consecutive Bronze Medal

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At the Asian Games men's 400m relay, our national team overcame a overturned disqualification to reach the final and clinched the bronze medal for the second consecutive time. They also set a new national record in the final.

Reporter Lee Jeong-Chan has the story.

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During the preliminaries, our national team was initially disqualified on the grounds that the first runner, Kim Si-on, passed the baton to Joeljin beyond the designated zone. However, the coaching staff and the Korea Association of Athletics Federations appealed to the organizers using self-filmed video evidence, dramatically reversing the decision and securing their spot in the final.

As a result, they were assigned the somewhat unfavorable lane 1 for the final, but our athletes bit the bullet and pushed forward.

Seo Min-jun, who boasts excellent agility, surged ahead with the second-fastest reaction time overall and smoothly passed the baton to Joeljin.

Next, Lee Jae-sung quickly cleared the curve before the final anchor, Bewsa, poured everything into a desperate sprint, crossing the finish line in third place behind China and Taiwan.

Recording 38.43 seconds, despite the poor rainy weather, our athletes shaved 0.06 seconds off the previous national record, completely shaking off the emotional toll of the previous day and roaring with joy.

[Joeljin / National Sprinter: I am so happy that we achieved such a valuable result as a national record and even managed to win a medal.]

In particular, Joeljin and Bewsa, who finished side by side in 4th and 5th place in the 100m, led the charge for Korea's second consecutive bronze medal in the relay, signaling a bright future.

[Bewsa / National Sprinter: I saw the comments, and there were a lot of things saying, 'There's a lot to fix.' I thought, 'Ah, there's still so much to fix, yet we still managed to place 5th,' and while it's not quite comfort, I am really looking forward to training next year.]

Meanwhile, in the mixed 400m relay preliminaries, our athletes—who failed to complete the race due to obstruction by an Indian runner—competed in a re-run after their appeal was accepted for the second consecutive day, but failed to advance to the final after falling short of the qualifying time following a lonely race.

(Video Editing: Lee Hong-myung)
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