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"Rubbed My Eyes to See If It Was My Record"... Sprint Rising Star Kim Young-beom Struggles to Realize Gold Medal Win

Nam Ju-hyeon

Published : Sep 21, 2026 7:14 PM

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Kim Young-beom claimed South Korea's first gold medal in swimming by winning the men's 50m freestyle final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on September 21.

(Reported by Ha Seong-ryong | Produced and edited by Nam Ju-hyeon | Filmed by Park Hyun-chul | Produced by SBS Sports News Department)

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