Kim Woo-jin (32, Cheongju City Hall) laughed. He passed the ranking round as No. 1 overall. He started the race for the triple crown.
The South Korean men's archery team, consisting of Kim Woo-jin, Lee Woo-seok (27, Kolon Xsten Boyz) and Kim Je-deok (20, Yecheon County Office), played the 2024 Paris Olympics archery ranking round at Anvalid in Paris, France, on the afternoon of the 25th (Korea time). It was the last test for the Korean team. The top men's and women's teams in the South Korean squad will qualify for the mixed team event.
The game has begun. It was fierce. All the players fought back and forth in the rankings. The Korean players were unwavering. The tighter the tension, the higher the concentration. At the end of the first half, the rankings were filled with the names of Korean players. First place Kim Je-deok (345 points), second place Lee Woo-seok (344 points), and third place Kim Woo-jin (343 points) lined up. The gap between first and third place was only two points. No one could be sure of the ranking.
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The pleasant 'house fight' got hotter in the second half. In the first end of the second half, Kim Je-deok and Kim Woo-jin showed amazing power to rank first side by side. The three players continued their sharp confrontation for the No. 1 spot in the ranking round, which even determined their qualification for the confusing team event.
It was Kim Woo-jin who won from the back. He beat Kim Je-deok (682 points) in second place with 686 points in the final. Lee finished fifth with 681 points.
Meanwhile, Kim Woo-jin and Lim Ji-hyun (21, Korea National Sports University) will participate in the mixed team event. In the previous women's division, Lim Si-hyun topped the list with a total of 694 points. Im Si-hyun set both world records and Olympic records at the same time. In addition, Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyun combined for 1,380 points to set a new Olympic record for mixed team events. The previous record was 1368, which was set in Tokyo.
