Facing and overcoming failure Hwang Seon-woo “I kept watching the Paris Olympics video”
Facing and overcoming failure Hwang Seon-woo “I kept watching the Paris Olympics video”
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Even just recalling the memories was painful, but Hwang Seon-woo (21, Gangwon Provincial Office) watched the 2024 Paris Olympics video countless times.
"I kept watching the match videos to find out why I did poorly in the Paris Olympics," said Hwang Sun-woo at the 'Paris Olympic Swimming National Team Awards Ceremony and FINA Swimming World Cup 2nd Competition Send-off Ceremony' held at the Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 7th. "It's not 100%, but I think I know what went wrong to some extent. I will continue to train, find more causes, and try to improve the problems."
The star of the awards ceremony that day was Kim Woo-min (23, Gangwon-do Office), who won a bronze medal in the men's 400m freestyle at the Paris Olympics.
Hwang Sun-woo, who became the first Korean swimmer to win medals at three consecutive World Championships, failed to win a medal at the Paris Olympics.
At the awards ceremony, Hwang Seon-woo congratulated his close senior Kim Woo-min.
Meanwhile, Hwang Sun-woo has been the star of major Korean swimming events.
Recently, scenes where Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min are the main characters together have been produced frequently.
However, Hwang Sun-woo of the Paris Olympics performed extremely poorly.
Hwang Sun-woo, who was considered a favorite to win the men's 200m freestyle at the Paris Olympics, finished in 9th place (1:45.92) in the semifinals of the 200m freestyle, missing out on a spot in the finals 추천 for one of the eight swimmers.
In the 200m freestyle, Hwang Sun-woo stood on the podium at the World Championships for the third consecutive time, collecting one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, he won with a time of 1 minute and 44.40 seconds.
Hwang Sun-woo's failure to advance to the finals of the Paris Olympics was an upset that even surprised the world of swimming.
Hwang Seon-woo said, "I was disappointed in myself as well. I was even more upset because I disappointed those who had high expectations."
However, Hwang Seon-woo is still young.
He is also the ace of Korean swimming management.
Fortunately, Hwang Seon-woo recovered from the psychological shock.
I overcame my psychological wounds by facing failure head on.
Hwang Sun-woo said, "After the Paris Olympics, I rested for about two weeks. Even while resting, I watched videos of the Paris Olympics," and added, "Of course, it's a memory I don't want to recall, but I thought I had to watch the videos often to find the cause of my failure."
"I'm not 100 percent, but I think I have a little idea what the problem was," he said. "I was really heavy. My strength is agility, and I couldn't use that. Now that I know what the cause is, I'm going to train to fix it. I'm already training accordingly."