"This is the peckiness" Kim Je-deok, the last thrill of 10 points...ç”·All three members of the Taeguk Palace will advance to the quarterfinals
Aug 04, 2024
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Kim Je-deok confirmed his advance to the quarterfinals by winning 6-4 (30-27, 27-25, 27-28, 27-28, 28-27) over Santiago Arcilla of Colombia in the round of 16 in the men's archery at the Paris Olympics held in Paris, France on the 4th.
He took the first two sets lightly to take a 4-0 lead, but struggled by giving up 3-4 sets behind Arcila's back. Arcila shot 10-8 in the last five sets in a 4-4 situation, and Kim Je-deok shot 9-9, which continued to be an eye-watering match. However, in the last shot, Arcila shot 9 points and Kim Je-deok boldly shot 10 points to confirm their advance to the quarterfinals.
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As a result, Korea's Kim Je-deok, following Lee Woo-suk and Kim Woo-jin, advanced to the quarterfinals, lighting up the blue light in the history of gold medals in all archery.
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If Kim Woo-jin, who won the gold medal in the men's team and mixed team events, wins the individual event, he will become the first male athlete to win three Olympic archery medals, followed by Ansan (Gwangju Bank) in Tokyo and Shim Ji-hyun (Hanse University) in Paris.
Lee will play Italy's Mauro Nespoli in the quarterfinals.
The South Korean archery team, which swept the men's and women's team gold medals, mixed and women's individual gold medals in this competition, will try to sweep five gold medals for the first time in history. When there was no mixed race in Rio in 2016, he swept four gold medals, but he did not win all events at the Tokyo Olympics, where the mixed race was introduced.
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