Korea, is this the country of swords, guns, and arrows?
Jul 29, 2024
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On the third day of the Paris Olympics, South Korea won one gold medal each in fencing, shooting, and archery, ranking fifth overall with three gold medals, two silver medals, one bronze medal, and a total of six.
Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon City Hall) won his first gold medal in the fencing men's sabre individual event on the 27th, the day after the opening ceremony, and Oh Ye-jin and Kim Ye-ji swept gold and silver medals side by side in the women's shooting air pistol 10m on the 28th, marking the 10th consecutive win in women's archery.
At the beginning of the competition, fans were enthusiastic about winning three gold medals in the event of writing 'knife, gun, and bow'the real Taegeuk Warrior'.
The song 'Knife, Gun, Bow' is just beginning. Fencing aims for additional medals in the women's epee and men's sabre team events. The women's epee team of Kang Young-mi, Choi In-jeong, Song Se-ra and Lee Hye-in is a team of spectators who won gold at the world championships and two silver medals at the 2012 London and 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The men's sabre team, dubbed the 「New Avengers" including Koo Bon-gil, Oh Sang-wook, Park Sang-won, and Do Kyung-dong, will challenge Oh Sang-wook's individual gold medal, followed by London in 2012 and Tokyo in 2021.
Archery was also full of morale, with Shim Ji-hyun, Jeon Hoon-young and Nam Soo-hyun achieving their goal of 10 consecutive losses as seen in the women's team event. While aiming for the championship in all events, expectations are high that two to three of the four gold medals, including men's team, men's and women's individual, and mixed, can be won sufficiently.
Shooting, an Olympic sensation, won one gold medal and two silver medals, but I am still hungry. Gold shots are expected in the 10m air rifle of Ban Ki-hyun and Ban Hyo-jin on the 29th, and the 25m air pistol of Yang Ji-in and Kim Ye-ji on the 3rd of next month.South Korea participated in the Olympics with 143 athletes, the smallest number since the 1976 Montreal Games. As ball games other than women's handball were wiped out, the size of the team was nearly halved, and the Korean Sports and Olympic Committee aimed for five gold medals and the top 15 overall. In just three days of the competition, he won three gold medals in 'knife, gun, and bow', and it is expected that he will be able to achieve more than that.
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