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Swimming competition promises drama
What promises to be a dramatic showdown between Chinaâs Olympic gold champion Sun Yang and his chief rival, Park Tae-hwan of South Korea, is heating up the Asian Games swimming program
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hat promises to be a dramatic showdown between China'sOlympic gold champion Sun Yang and his chief rival, Park Tae-hwan of SouthKorea, is heating up the Asian Games swimming program.
It's the biggest rivalry in Asian swimming, possibly one of the biggest in the games, and some taunting from Sun has likely intensified the competition.
The 22-year-old Sun brings the 200-, 400-, and 1,500-meter freestyle world titles he won last year to Incheon, along with the two golds, one silver and one bronze won at the 2012 London Olympics, where he became the first Chinese man to win an individual Olympic swimming gold.
Sun also holds the world record in the 1,500 and won the event at the Asian Games four years ago in Guangzhou, China, where Park won gold in the 100, 200 and 400 freestyle finals.
Park, 24, won the 400 at the 2008 Beijing Games and finished second behind Sun in the event in London. The pair tied for silver in the 200 in London. Park skipped last year's worlds but showed he was on-form by setting the fastest time of the year in the 400 at last month's Pan Pacific Championships in Australia.
Park also swept the golds in the three events at the 1996 Asiad in Doha, Qatar. To top it off, he'll be swimming in a pool named in his honor at Incheon, west of the capital Seoul.
