''Shoot-off War'' 金 Woo-jin defeated junior Lee Woo-seok to the final! I'll try to win three awards!

Aug 04, 2024

''Shoot-off War'' 金 Woo-jin defeated junior Lee Woo-seok to the final! I'll try to win three awards!
Kim Woo-jin advances to the final
''Shoot-off War'' 金 Woo-jin defeated junior Lee Woo-seok to the final! I'll try to win three awards!
Lee Woo-suk and Kim Woo-jin
Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), who is trying to win Korea's first three gold medals in archery, beat Lee Woo-seok in the final after a shoot-off war.

Kim Woo-jin faced his junior Lee Woo-seok in the semifinals of the men's archery at the Paris Olympics held in Paris, France, on the 4th (Korea time). It was a fierce match that could not be conceded one by one.

In the first set, Lee Woo-seok won 29-28 and took two points first.

''Shoot-off War'' 金 Woo-jin defeated junior Lee Woo-seok to the final! I'll try to win three awards!
Game between Kim Woo-jin and Lee Woo-seok
In the second set, Kim Woo-jin hit all three arrows at 10 points. He balanced the match by taking two points 30-28.

Kim Woo-jin, the first arrow of the third set, scored 9 points and Lee Woo-seok 10 points, pressing hard. The second arrow was 10 points side by side. The third arrow again shot 10 points side by side. Lee Woo-suk led by one point 30-29. Lee Woo-suk led 4-2.

Kim Woo-jin, the first arrow of the fourth set, shot Xsten. Lee Woo-suk also responded with an exen. The second arrow, Kim Woo-jin, shot 9 points. Lee Woo-suk also scored nine points. Kim Woo-jin shot 10 last arrows. Lee Woo-seok shot 10 points and shared 1 point side by side, 29-29. 5-3. It was a sweaty treat.

Kim Woo-jin and Lee Woo-seok scored 10 points in the first set of the fateful fifth set. Lee Woo-suk was shaken after the second arrow Kim Woo-jin shot 10 points. I shot eight points. After Kim Woo-jin shot the last nine arrows, Lee Woo-seok shot nine points, adding 29-27, and Kim Woo-jin added two points. 5-5.

A breathtaking shot-off has begun. A single arrow had the color of the medal. Kim Woo-jin scored 10 points. Lee Woo-seok shot 9 points, Kim Woo-jin headed to the gold medal match and Lee Woo-seok headed to the bronze medal match. Winners, losers, and seniors and juniors embraced each other warmly and shared congratulations and consolation.

Kim Woo-jin, who won the gold medal in the men's team event and mixed team event, will try to win three unanswered gold medals before the Korean men's archery. If he wins in the individual event, he will become the first male athlete to win three Olympic archery medals, followed by Ansan (Gwangju Bank) in Tokyo and Lim Ji-hyun (Hanse University) in Paris.



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