South Korea won bronze in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay in swimming at the Asian Games on Monday, coming up shy of its title defense.
The quartet of Kim Jun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-joon and Hwang Sun-woo combined for a time of 7:06.76, finishing in third place at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo, as China broke its own Asian record with 7:00.17. Japan, after leading most of the way, settled for silver in 7:01.05.
Kim Woo-min, Lee and Hwang had won the 2023 Asian Games gold together with a different fourth member, Yang Jae-hoon, with a then continental record of 7:01.73.
China broke that mark last year, clocking 7:00.91, and it bettered that mark by 0.74 second on Monday.
The medal capped a productive Day 2 in the pool for South Korea, which picked up one gold and four bronze medals.
Hwang and Kim Woo-min did not participate in the relay heats, with Yang and Kim Min-seop taking their places. Yang and Kim Min-seop both received the medals, too. (Yonhap)
