‘World’s best’ Korean archery sweeps gold and silver medals in men’s and women’s individual events
The 2nd World Cup held in Yecheon… Men’s team gold medal, women’s runner-up.
The ‘world’s strongest’ Korean men’s and women’s archery teams swept the gold and silver medals in the men’s and women’s individual events at the World Cup held at home, once again showing off their status as the world’s strongest ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Lee Woo-seok (Kolon) defeated Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) 6-5 (28-28 29-30 29-28) after a close shoot-off in the recurve men’s individual finals of the 2024 Hyundai Archery World Cup 2nd Tournament held at Jinho International Archery Range in Yecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 26th.
He defeated them 28-30 30-28 <6-5>) and won the gold medal.
Kim Woo-jin won the silver medal. 바카라사이트
Previously, in the semifinals, Lee Woo-seok defeated Vietnam’s Le Quoc Fong 7-3 (26-27 29-29 29-23 28-27 29-26), and Kim Woo-jin defeated Turkie’s Abdullah Yıldirmis 6-2 (28-28). They defeated it 28-28 29-27 30-27).
Lee Woo-seok and Kim Woo-jin played a game without giving in, exchanging 10 points for three consecutive times.
In the end, in the shoot-off where the winner was decided by just one shot, Lee Woo-seok won by shooting 10 points, beating Kim Woo-jin, who shot 9 points.
Likewise, in the finals of the women’s individual competition, where a domestic fight broke out between Taegeuk archers, Im Si-hyun (Korea National Sport University) defeated Jeon Hoon-young (Incheon City Hall) 6-5 (28-29 28-28 27-26 29-28 27-28 <10-) after a shoot-off.
Jeon Hoon-young hung her silver medal around her neck.
Earlier, in the semifinals, Im Si-hyun defeated India’s Deepika Kumari 6-2 (28-26 28-28 28-27 27-27), and Jeon Hoon-young defeated Mexico’s Alejandra Valencia 6-2 (30-29 26-27).
He won it 29-26 28-26.
In the final, Jeon Hoon-young was the first to falter in the third set, and Im Si-hyun, who was on the verge of victory, scored 8 points on the last step of the fifth set, leading to a shoot-off match.
At the moment when the color of the medal was decided with just one shot, Im Si-hyun’s arrow hit 10 points and Jeon Hoon-young’s arrow hit 9 points.
Kim Woo-jin, Lee Woo-seok, and Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office) won the gold medal together by defeating Germany 5-1 (57-55 56-53 56-56) in the men’s team final.
The men’s national team, which advanced to the finals after defeating Italy in the semifinals on the 23rd, also showed an overwhelming performance against Germany.
Korea, who shot in the order of Kim Woo-jin, Lee Woo-seok, and Kim Je-deok, accumulated points by steadily shooting only 9 to 10 points without making any major mistakes, and won without losing a single set to Germany.
The men’s national team, which finished second in the first World Cup competition held in Shanghai, China last month, took first place in the second World Cup competition held ahead of the Paris Olympics, giving them a green light to win the Olympic gold medal.
The women’s archery team’s Im Si-hyeon, Jeon Hoon-young, and Nam Su-hyeon (Suncheon City Hall) lost to China 4-5 (54-54 55-55 56-54 52-56 <29-29>) in the finals of the women’s team event after a close shoot-off, taking the silver medal.
On this day, the women’s national team was led by Im Si-hyeon, Nam Soo-hyun, and Jeon Hoon-young.
Korea fought closely with China in the first two sets, sharing one set score each.
In the third set, when the opponent scored 7 points, Korea’s Im Si-hyun and Nam Su-hyun immediately scored 10 points in a row to put pressure on the opponent, winning the set and taking a 4-2 lead.
In the fourth set, the team was shaken and scored 8 points in a row, giving up the set to make it 4-4.
The game ended in a shoot-off.
The score was tied at 29-29, but China’s arrow was closer to the center of the target, so they unfortunately lost.
The women’s national team finished second in a row for the second time following the first round of the World Cup.