(Asiad) S. Korea wins bronze in mixed medley relay with new nat'l record

TOKYO, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea collected its second straight Asian Games bronze medal in the mixed 4x100-meter medley relay swimming event Wednesday.

The quartet of Kim Seung-won, Choi Dong-yeol, An Se-hyeon and Kim Young-beom posted a new national record time of 3:44.12 for third place behind China (3:40.38) and Japan (3:43.98) at Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The previous national record was 3:46.78, set in winning bronze at the previous Asian Games in 2023.

Kim Young-beom now has four medals in Tokyo, having previously earned gold in the men's 50m freestyle, silver in the 100m freestyle and bronze in the men's 4x100m medley relay.

Kim Seung-won picked up her third medal of the competition and her second of Wednesday. The relay medal came about an hour after she won bronze in the women's 100m backstroke.

Choi also competed in the men's 4x100m medley relay.

An, competing at her first Asian Games since 2018 at age 30, picked up her fourth career medal. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning team in the mixed 4x100m medley relay in 2018.

South Korea sent out Lee Eun-ji, Park Si-eun, Kim Ji-hun and Hwang Sun-woo for the morning's heats in the mixed medley relay, and these four also received bronze medals for their contribution.

This gives Hwang five medals in Tokyo, including silver in the men's 200m freestyle Wednesday evening.