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Korea won five gold, one silver and one bronze medal at the Gwangju 2022 Hyundai Archery World Cup. Two of the gold medals were from compound events, while the others were won in recurve events.
The Korean national team won the men's compound team bronze medal on Wednesday at the Gwangju 2022 Hyundai Archery World Cup.
Five Olympic archery gold medalists — Kang Chae-young, An San, Kim Woo-jin, Oh Jin-hyek and Kim Je-deok — will be heading to the Hangzhou Asian Games to represent Korea.
Korean archers swept the recurve podium at the 2021 World Archery Championships, winning all three team gold medals and two individual gold medals for the first time in 12 years.
With 20-year-old An San becoming the first-ever archer to take home three gold medals at a single Olympics, the Korean archery team leaves the Tokyo Games having won four gold medals in five events.
The nation's dominance in archery at the Olympics continued this year, with Team Korea winning three golds, in part thanks to support from Hyundai Motor Group which has been sponsoring the sport for the past 37 years.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap