Kim Woo-jin's smile with Jin Jong-oh and Kim Sun-nyeong became the most Korean gold medal winner "They're retired, and I'm still active.""
Aug 03, 2024
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It was the smile of Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall). Kim Woo-jin and Lim Ji-hyun (Korea National Sports University) won two gold medals. Kim Woo-jin and Lim Ji-hyun defeated Germany's Michel Croffen-Florian Unruh with a set score of 6-0 (38-35 36-35 36-35) in the final of the mixed team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the special Saro in Paris, France on the 2nd (Korea time). South Korea's archery team won its second consecutive mixed event. Kim Je-deok and Ansan won the gold medal at the last Tokyo event, which was adopted as an official mixed event for the first time.
Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyun became the main characters of the mixed match by ranking first in the ranking round held on the 25th. South Korean archery has traditionally granted the best performing male and female archers in the ranking rounds of major international competitions to compete in the mixed event. In the ranking round, Shim earned a total score of 694 points, a new world record and an Olympic record. Lim Si-hyun, who shot 72, hit 48 shots on the target of 10 points. The 21 shots were taken by Xsten (centre of 10 points).
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Kim Woo-jin smiled at his first gold medal in addition to the team event. Kim Woo-jin, who set the record for tying the most Olympic gold medals by South Koreans, will become the first three gold medals in men's Olympics if he wins gold in the individual event, and at the same time, he will become the star of the most Olympic gold medals by South Koreans ever. Kim Woo-jin said, `Jin Jong-oh Kim Soo-nyeong, you two retired, but I don't have any retirement plans yet.' `I don't think so about records. I'm just going to empty my head and warm up my heart as before."
Kim Woo-jin, who became an Olympic GOAT in the top archer, is currently taking on his challenge.
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