Korean record holder Ji Yu-chan misses 50m freestyle semifinal

메리 2024. 8. 1. 19:07
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Ji finished with a time of 22.16 seconds to finish in last place in the eight-man heat.

Swimmers take off in a qualifying heat for the men's 50-meter freestyle semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics Thursday in Nanterre, France. [AP/YONHAP]

Swimmers take off in a qualifying heat for the men's 50-meter freestyle semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics Thursday in Nanterre, France. [AP/YONHAP]

Korea's Ji Yu-chan failed to make the semifinals of the men's 50-meter freestyle after coming last in his qualifying heat at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

Ji, 21, swam in Heat No. 9 and finished with a time of 22.16 seconds to finish in last place in the eight-man race.

The top 16 swimmers from 10 qualifying heats made the semifinals.

Ji, the Korean record holder in the discipline with a time of 21.72 seconds, is the only Korean man to have notched a time below the 22-second mark.

The 50-meter freestyle was Ji's only individual event at Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, France.

BY MARY YANG [mary.yang@joongang.co.kr]

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