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The management team of a few elite players, who left for Australia for three weeks for the best performance ever at the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games as soon as the new year came, returned home on the 25th.
The Korea Swimming Federation said on the 25th, "Under the leadership of Kim Hyo-yeol and trainer Choi Seung-il, seven players, including Lee Ho-joon (Jeju City Hall), Kim Min-seop (Gyeongsangbuk-do Sports Council), Kim Joon-woo (Seoul Kwangseong High School), and Yang Jae-hoon (Gangwon Provincial Government), left for Brisbane, Australia on the 4th and returned home this evening."
Following November and December last year, he trained at the Lacley Swimming Club with Sam Short, the Australian management team who won the gold medal in the men's 400m freestyle at the 2023 Fukuoka World Swimming Championships and a silver medal at last year's Singapore Games.
At the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held in 2023, the management team achieved the highest record ever, with 23 out of 24 dispatched players winning medals with six gold medals, six silver medals and 10 bronze medals.
"Not only have the players' international experience and skills improved over the past three years since the Hangzhou Games, but the possibility of medals in individual sports has also increased in addition to the men's 800m relay, which was the main event," general manager Kim Hyo-yeol said at the airport. "Most of all, I think the goals pursued by the national team, the Korea Swimming Federation, the Korea Sports Association, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism are similar, so we will continue to match our vision and passion through a lot of communication and move toward the clear goal of renewing the highest record ever in the Asian Games."
Meanwhile, the Korean Swimming Federation will select the 2026 20th Aichi and Nagoya Summer Asian Games management dispatch target through the "2026 KB Financial Korea Swimming Championship (2026 Management National Competition)" scheduled for March 23-28 at Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool.
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