South Korea’s Kim Woo-Jin finally won individual gold at the Olympic Games, dominating American Brady Ellison in the final with the golden arrow, completing the triumph of the country of the morning calm, which achieved the grand slam on the Esplanade des Invalides. In the final, Kim Woo-Jin was trailing 2-0 then 4-2, losing the first and third sets (29-27 each time). He kept coming back to level, pocketing the two points in the second and fourth sets (28-24, 29-27). The two archers then shot a 30 in the last set, forcing a shoot-off. In this little game, Kim and Ellison found the 10, but the South Korean was closer to the center of the target, placed 70 meters away.
Unchallenged Korean domination
Kim Woo-jin had been the solo world champion in 2011, 2015 and 2021, but individual Olympic gold had always eluded him. In Paris, he achieved a hat-trick, as he was crowned Olympic champion in the team event with Kim Je-deok and Lee Woo-seok, and in the mixed event with Lim Si-hyeon. Lim also achieved a hat-trick, as she took team and individual gold with Jeon Hun-young and Nam Su-hyeon. She succeeds An San, who achieved a similar performance in Tokyo three years ago, but who did not pass the selection stage in her country.
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South Korea thus achieved the grand slam. Out of nine possible medals, South Korean archers won seven (all five gold, silver for Nam Su-hyeon and bronze for Lee Woo-seok).
2024-08-04 14:29:33
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