Lee Eun-ji (17-Bangsango) won her first medal at the Asian Games. Lee finished the women’s 200m backstroke final in 2:09.75 at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Aquatics Management event at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre pool in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on Saturday. Only two swimmers touched the touchpad faster than her – Feng Xuewei (20, China) in 2:07.58 and Liu Yaxin (24, China) in 2:08.70.On the day, Lee finished the heats in 2:11.42, second, and dropped one place to third in the final. It has been 25 years since a Korean woman won a medal in the backstroke at an Asian Games, with Shim Min-ji (third) in the 200m and Choi Soo-min (third) in the 100m at Bangkok 1998.Lee’s medal is all the more special given that she suffered an unexpected injury just before the Games. While training for the Asian Games, Lee was diagnosed with frostbite after undergoing cryotherapy treatment in late August .The injury came at a time when she needed to increase her training intensity, and she was under a lot of pressure. “It was an unexpected injury, but I tried to overcome it well,” she said. “I resumed training nine days after the injury, and that’s how I competed at the Asian Games. I managed to overcome it,” she said with a smile on her face. After overcoming the 토토사이트 odds, Lee Eun-ji presented herself with a shiny Asian Games bronze medal.