Kim Woo-min wins bronze in men's 400m freestyle at worlds
Kim clocked 3:42.60 in the 400m freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships Arena in Singapore, finishing 0.25 second behind the gold medalist, Lukas Martens of Germany (3:42.35).
Kim had won his first career world title at last year's competition in Doha.
Samuel Short of Australia, the 2023 world champion, finished with the silver medal this time at 3:42.37.
Short, Martens and Kim had ranked 1-2-3 in the heats held earlier Sunday.
Swimming in Lane 3, Kim had the fastest reaction time at 0.61 second, while Martens, the world record holder, was tied for the slowest off the blocks at 0.70 second.
But the German swimmer hit the 100m mark first at 51.95 seconds, with Kim trailing him in third place at 52.77. Short was sandwiched between the two at 52.46.
And it stayed Martens-Short-Kim at the halfway point. Short was briefly in the lead at the 300m mark, but Martens nipped him by 0.02 second at the finish.
Of the three medalists, Kim had the fastest split over the final 50m at 27.62 seconds, but it wasn't enough to help him get to the top of the podium for the second straight year.
Kim, 23, has joined Park Tae-hwan as the only South Korean swimmers to win multiple world championships medals in the men's 400m freestyle. Park won gold medals in 2007 and 2011.
Park still owns the national record with 3:41.53. Kim's personal best is 3:42.42. (Yonhap)
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