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| South Korea's Lim Ji-hyun, Jeon Hoon-young, Lim Ji-hyun, and Nam Soo-hyun, who won the gold medal in the women's recurve team event at the '2024 Paris Olympics' held in Anvalid, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time), are celebrating on the podium. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/ |
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| Kim Woo-jin (from left), Lee Woo-seok and Kim Je-deok of the men's archery team are greeting on the podium after winning the gold medal by beating France in the men's recurve team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Anvalid, Paris, France on the 30th (Korea time). South Korea's men's archery has won three consecutive Olympics. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.30/ |
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There was nothing unusual.
South Korea's Taegeuk Palace officials, who dominated the men's and women's team events, continued their strong advance toward the second gold medal. In the men's and women's individual competitions, six players and all advanced to the round of 16.
The last runner was Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office). Kim Je-deok reached the round of 16 on the 2nd (Korean time) by defeating Federico Mussolesi of Italy (62-27 29-29 29-28 29-28) in the men's individual round of 32 archery at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Anvalid, Paris, France. In the previous round of 64, they defeated Bianlu (South Africa) 6-0 (29-25 29-25 30-29). Kim Je-deok was originally scheduled to play the afternoon before, but the game was postponed by a day due to a sudden rain forecast.
Prior to Kim Je-deok, Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) confirmed his advance to the round of 16 in the men's individual event on the 30th of last month and Lee Woo-seok (Kolong) on the 31st. Kim Woo-jin showed perfect performance, shooting 18 shots in two games to match 15 shots to 10 points. Lee Woo-seok also showed off his good condition of not shooting less than eight points in two games.
The women's national team also made it to the round of 16. `Super-Ace`Hang Si-hyun beat Indonesia`s Reza Octavia 6-0 in the round of 32 women`s individual tournaments on Sunday. In the previous round of 64, he also had a 6-0 victory over Alondra Rivera of Puerto Rico..
Chun Hoon-young (Incheon City Hall) and Nam Soo-hyun (Suncheon City Hall) also reached the round of 16 without difficulty. Jeon defeated Penny Healy of England 6-2 in the round of 64 and Germany's Charlene Schwarz 7-1 in the round of 32. Nam Soo-hyun defeated Egypt's Jana Ali 5-1 in the round of 64 on the 31st of last month and Czech Republic's Marie Horakova 7-3 in the round of 32. Nam Soo-hyun struggled somewhat, but both players reached the round of 16 without difficulty.
It's a fine flow. The women's national team has won 10 consecutive games for the first time in history. The men's national team also showed perfect performance and won three consecutive games. The national team, which has shown the best performance since the ranking round, is showing its power in individual competitions following team competitions. The archery team seems to have cruised every Olympics, but it has rarely been this even.
Kim Woo-jin was eliminated from the round of 32 at the last Rio Games, and Kim Je-deok and Oh Jin-hyuk failed to advance to the round of 16 at the Tokyo Games. Kim Je-deok succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 for the first time in the individual event at the Olympics. It is the first time that all of them have made it to the round of 16 since the set system was introduced at the 2016 Rio Games.
Now, the men's and women's teams are aiming to win the individual competition. In particular, Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyun, who will play in the mixed match on the 2nd, are capable of winning three gold medals. Archery aimed to win the title in all events of this year's event. At the current pace, it is a fully feasible goal.
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
