Tokyo: Kim Young-beom and Hwang Sun-woo captured silver and bronze medals in the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming race at the Asian Games on Sunday, the first two of what South Korea is hoping will be many medals from the pool. Kim finished second in 47.65 seconds at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, just 0.04 behind the champion, Pan Zhanle of China. Hwang ended in third place in 47.79 seconds.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Tokyo is hosting all swimming races while the central city of Nagoya serves as the main host of the quadrennial competition. South Korea grabbed 22 medals in swimming at the previous Asian Games three years ago and is hoping to repeat that success this time.