'The oldest sister' Jeon Hoon-young settles in the quarterfinals'Ace'Chance up against Lim Si-hyun in the semifinals

Aug 03, 2024

Archery Women's Recurve Team Korea and Taiwan in the quarterfinals on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) in Anvalid, Paris, France. Jeon Hoon-young is pulling the protest. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/

Archery Women's Recurve Team Korea and Taiwan in the quarterfinals on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) in Anvalid, Paris, France. Jeon Hoon-young is shooting an arrow. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/

'The eldest sister' Jeon Hoon-young (30) has reached the quarterfinals.

Jeon Hoon-young came from behind to win 6-4 (27-28, 28-26, 28-25, 25-29, 28-25) in the women's individual archery round of 16 at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Anvalid, Paris, France, on the 3rd (Korean time). Jeon Hoon-young advanced to the quarterfinals and continued her challenge to win two gold medals.

The next opponent is Elif Gokir (Turkiye). He advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Japan's Satsuki Noda 6-4. If Jeon Hoon-young wins the quarterfinals and reaches the semifinals, there is a high possibility that he will face Shim Ji-hyun (Korea Sports University). South Korea's women's archery targets four consecutive individual gold medals, following London in 2012, Rio in 2016, and Rio in 2020.

South Korea's Lim Ji-hyun, Jeon Hoon-young, and Nam Soo-hyun, who won the gold medal in the women's recurve team event at the '2024 Paris Olympics' held in Anvalide, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time), fly the Korean national flag with coach Yang Chang-hoon. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/

The beginning was not good. Jeon Hoon-young was shaken by shooting seven points in the first set. He then shot 10 points in a row, but failed to turn the game around. Unfortunately, they lost the first set 27-28.

He showed his concentration in the second set. He shot 9-10-10, bringing the game back to square one. Jeon Hoon-young, who was in the mood, also scored 9-9-10 in the third set to secure the victory.

The opponent was not easy. I didn't back down. When Jeon Hoon-young slowed down by finishing the first foot of the fourth set with eight points, he shot 9-10-10 and dragged the game to the fifth set.

The last set of fate, Jeon Hoon-young's concentration was stronger. He shot 9-10-9 and pushed his opponent (25 points) to win a ticket to the quarterfinals.

Meanwhile, Jeon Hoon-young, who was born in 1994, is the female team in this competition. However, he was evaluated as lacking experience in international competitions. He didn't mind the weight he had to bear. He played his part by leading the women's team to 10 consecutive wins.

He "I haven't been making exercise that hard. It was so hard to prepare for the Olympics. It was too much pressure to lose 10 consecutive games. As it was my first major competition, I wondered if I could do it. I prepared and trained more so as not to damage my 10th consecutive victory. So it was so hard. "Since I have thought of winning 10 consecutive team games as my biggest goal, I think I will achieve that goal and play more comfortably in individual competitions."

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