He finished fourth in the Artistic Swim Solo Free Qualification at the World Championships

South Korea’s first solo free final since 2013 when the current scoring system was introduced

Heo Yun-seo (18, Apgujeong-go, South Korea) finished fourth in the Women’s Artistic Swimming Solo Free Qualification at the FINA World Aquatics Championships.

He scored 185.9500 points to finish fourth in the women’s artistic swimming solo free preliminaries at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships on Sunday at Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall in Fukuoka, Japan.

In a spectacular performance that rivaled the world’s best, He earned an artistic score of 83.3000 and a performance score of 102.6500.

Her score of 253.1853 was 67.2353 points behind last year’s World Championships solo free winner YUKIKO INUI (JPN), who topped qualifying with a score of 253.1853.

However, she was only 13.5334 points behind Evangelia Platanioti (GREE), who finished third with 199.4834 points.

Kate Shortman (Great Britain), with 213.8417 points, is in second place.

Heo Yoon-seo will attempt to achieve the best result in Korean artistic swimming history in the Solo Free Final at 7:30 p.m. today.

South Korea’s highest-ever solo ranking in artistic swimming is ninth. At the 1998 Games in Perth, Australia, Choi Yoo-jin placed ninth in the solo event in what was then called synchronized. Lee Ri-young (Busan Swimming Federation) tied for ninth in the solo technical final the day before.

Heo is the first South Korean to reach the final of the Artistic Swimming Solo Free at a World Championships since 2013, when the current scoring system was introduced.

Since 2013, the highest finish by a South Korean swimmer in the solo free at a World Championships was 14th in Budapest last year.

In a free event that emphasizes creative performance as opposed to technical, where swimmers must perform a set of mandatory components, Heo soared to a fourth-place finish.

At her first World Championships, in Budapest last year, Heo was paired with Lee Ri-young and finished 12th in the duet technical qualification.

After only competing in the duet event at last year’s World Championships, Heo competed in the individual event for the first time at the World Championships, finishing fourth in her heat.

It was a standout performance at her second World Championships 카지노사이트 after placing fifth in the solo event at the 2019 Artistic Swimming Youth World Championships.