Swimmer eager for return to familiar Tokyo arena for Asian Games

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JINCHEON — Nagoya will be the main host city of the upcoming Asian Games, but all swimming races will be held at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the Japanese capital next month.

Hwang, 23, enjoyed his first international breakthrough at the same arena at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Though he did not win a medal then, Hwang still set an Asian record in the men's 100-meter freestyle and broke an 11-year national record in the 200m freestyle.

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JINCHEON — Nagoya will be the main host city of the upcoming Asian Games, but all swimming races will be held at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the Japanese capital next month. Hwang, 23, enjoyed his first international breakthrough at the same arena at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Though he did not win a medal then, Hwang still set an Asian record in the men's 100-meter freestyle and broke an 11-year national record in the 200m freestyle.

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"And just as I did at the Tokyo Olympics, I really want to show everything I have this time." It has not b
He would go on to win one gold, two silver and one bronze medals at world championships over the next three years, and he collected six medals at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, including two gold...
"That is the arena that made me the swimmer that I am today," Hwang said Tuesday at a joint press conference for the national swimming team at the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, 85...

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That suits Korean swimmer Hwang Sun-woo just fine. It launched Hwang's evolution into a force in international swimming.

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