Tokyo:Kim Min-seop secured his first individual Asian Games swimming medal by clinching bronze in the men's 200-meter butterfly event.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Kim completed the race with a time of 155.94 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, narrowly defeating China's Wang Xizhe by one-hundredth of a second to secure third place.
The gold medal went to Wang Kuan-hung of Chinese Taipei with a time of 155.05, while Xu Fang of China took silver, finishing at 155.65.
Prior to this event, Kim had already earned a silver medal in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay and a bronze in the 4x200m freestyle relay, contributing in the heats. During the 200m butterfly final, Kim was in second place at the 100m mark and held the silver position with 50m remaining. However, he slowed down significantly in the final stretch, with his last split being the sixth-slowest among the ten competitors.