PARIS, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — After working with ascendant South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min in a training camp in January in Queensland, Australian coach Michael Palfrey became a fan of the 22-year-old — so much so that Palfrey believes Kim is capable of winning his first Olympic medal in Paris this weekend. About a [...]
PARIS, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — After training in their competition venue for the first time, two of South Korea’s top swimming medal contenders at the Paris Olympics came away feeling good about their prospects. Freestylers Kim Woo-min and Hwang Sun-woo joined their teammates at Paris La Defense Arena in Paris on Tuesday. The swimming [...]
PARIS, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — After spending the past several days inside a Team Korea bubble south of Paris, South Korean swimming medal hopefuls Kim Woo-min and Hwang Sun-woo trained in the French capital for the first time Monday ahead of the Olympic Games. It finally made them feel like the big competition was [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A renewed spike in coronavirus cases in South Korea has focused a growing number of water lovers’ interest on indoor swimming pools. With the number of confirmed coronavirus cases surging in recent weeks, many water park operators have had no choice but to delay their official opening day in [...]
GWANGJU, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — At the FINA World Masters Championships Gwangju 2019, a gathering of swimming enthusiasts, sad or funny scenes have been displayed, drawing laughter and exclamations from the audience. In particular, unexpected scenes were shown in swimming races and diving competitions, sometimes drawing exclamations and sometimes laughter. Diving is a sport [...]
GWANGJU, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The FINA World Masters Championships Gwangju 2019, a festival of world swimming enthusiasts, saw its curtain rise Monday. The competition will be held until August 18. The event is all the more meaningful and attractive with vast a number of elderly participants. According to the event’s organizing committee, a [...]
GWANGJU, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — High diving is expected to be one of the most popular events during the 2019 FINA World Championships scheduled to take place in two southwestern South Korean cities — Gwangju and Yeosu — in July, its organizer said Tuesday. The biennial FINA World Championships will be held in Gwangju, [...]
INCHEON, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan returned home from his Australian training camp on Tuesday to compete for a spot on the national team. Park spent the past three months training in Sydney. He’s back home for the national trials that start Friday in Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul. The trials, Park’s first competition of the season, will determine who will represent the [...]