‘Tokyo archery 3 gold medal’ Ansan, 2 consecutive major championship 3 gold medals in front
World Championship Team and Mixed Gold 2
Mexico defeated 5-3 in the women’s team final
6-0 victory over Russia in the mixed team event
On the 27th, she challenged to win three gold medals in the women’s individual event.
男 group evangelism gold… Sweep the Korean team exhibition
By Choi Dong-hwan, staff reporter cdstone@jnilbo.com
Posted 2021-09-26 14:15:56
The Korean women’s archery team, consisting of Ansan (right), Kang Chae-young, and Jang Min-hee, rejoices after winning the gold medal by defeating Mexico in the women’s recurve women’s team final at the 2021 World Championships held in Yankton, South Dakota, USA on the 25th (Korea time) are doing Provided by the World Archery Federation
Ansan (20, Gwangju Women’s University), ‘the ace of Korean women’s archery’, who won the first three Olympic archery gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is also close to winning three gold medals at the 2021 World Championships. Ansan won two gold medals, and if they add a gold medal in the individual event, they will achieve three gold medals in two consecutive major events following the Olympics.
The Korean archery team swept gold medals in three events in the team event, including Ansan in the women’s division and Woo-jin Kim (29, Cheongju City Hall) in the men’s division, winning two gold medals side by side.
Ansan won two gold medals in the women’s recurve team event and the mixed team event held in Yankton, South Dakota, USA on the 25th (Korean time).
In the final of the women’s team event, which she competed with Kang Chae-young (25, Hyundai Mobis) and Jang Min-hee (22, Incheon National University), she defeated Mexico 5-3 (53-54 55-54 55-53 56-56) to win the championship.
Ansan also defeated Russia’s Yelena Osipova-Galsan Bazarjavov 6-0 (38-36 39-36 37-33) with Kim Woo-jin in the final of the mixed team event held next, and won two gold medals.
After the game, Ansan said through the Korea Archery Association, “The game didn’t go well, but the two sisters gave me good points.
Ansan, who advanced to the women’s individual quarterfinals, will challenge for the third gold medal on the 27th. Ansan won 6-2 (29-29 28-27 28-27 27-27), 6-2 (29-29 28-27 28-27 27-27), 6-2 (29-29 28-27 28-27 27-27), 6-2 (29-29 28-27 28-27 27-27) -0 (29-27 29-28 28-26).
If Ansan also wins a gold medal in the individual event, she will become the first athlete in archery history to win three consecutive Olympic and World Championships in the same year.
Ansan said, “I am interested in doing well in the Olympics, so I am thinking a lot about ‘let’s not be burdened’.
The men’s national team, in which Kim Woo-jin, Oh Jin-hyuk (40, Hyundai Steel), and Kim Je-deok (17, Gyeongbuk Il High) participated, also won the gold medal by defeating the United States 6-0 (54-53 56-55 57-54) in the final held on the same day. obtained
Kim Woo-jin is also second in the mixed match. Kim Woo-jin also defeated Yu Gwan-lin (Taiwan) 7-3 in the men’s individual round of 32 and Jack Williams (USA) 6-4 in the round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinals and challenge for three gold medals in the individual event on the 27th.
Min-hee Jang in the women’s division and Je-deok Kim in the men’s division also advance to the quarterfinals of the individual event, aiming for two gold medals in the tournament.
Min-hee Jang defeated Brioni Pittman (England) 6-4 in the round of 16, and Je-duk Kim defeated Yoshito Kuwae (Japan) 6-0.
The Korean archery team swept the three gold medals in the team event this year and was close to winning all sports.
Meanwhile, Kim Jong-ho (27, Hyundai Steel) and Kim Yun-hee (27, Hyundai Mobis), who participated in the compound mixed match, won the bronze medal by defeating Denmark 152-148 in the bronze medal match.
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