China, who were expected to fight for the bronze medal with us, finished 11th with a time of 7:09.99, while Japan packed their bags with a time of 7:08.70 (9th place). Korea will be the only Asian nation competing in the 800-meter freestyle relay final. “If you look at the teams in the relay final now, their times are one second casinositezone faster than last time,” said Hwang Sun-woo of China, who won the gold medal in the relay at the Hangzhou Asian Games. China, who were competing with us, were a bit underperforming because they didn’t have a first-team member, but they’ll be there for the Asian Games. We will not let our guard down and will work together with our teammates in the final to reduce our time.”