(LEAD) Park Tae-hwan wins race in long-awaited return

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GWANGJU, April 25 (Yonhap) -- Former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan won a race in his first competition in nearly 18 months on Monday.

Park captured the men's 1,500m freestyle race at the 88th Dong-A