Paris, France / 04.08.2024 08:29:57
The South Korean Woojin Kim this Sunday he won the gold medal in the men’s individual competition of archery of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by a difference of just three millimeters, in the tiebreaker or ‘golden arrow’ shot, where he competed with the American Ellison Brady.
In a very tight duel, the archers They reached the fifth set tied, where they offered an incredible show to those present at the Invalides Square thanks to a perfect performance, where they rolled pure tens for a 30-30.
with both archers Equaled at five points after the same number of sets, both had to play it out in the tiebreaker. The South Korean threw first. His arrow It hit the edge of the 10. Later, the American responded with the same result, but three millimeters further from the center. If you want to see the video of this cardiac definition, click here.
How many Olympic medals does Woojin Kim accumulate?
Kim, considered the favorite for this match, found himself behind twice on the scoreboard after the first and third rounds, but managed to recover and ended up, by that small difference, by winning his third gold medal in Paris 2024and for becoming the first archer to have five titles in an Olympic Games. Along the way, he recovered the crown for his country after the Turkish victory Mete Gazoz in Tokyo 2020.
Ellison, for his part, won his third medal of plata after Rio 2016 and London 2012 by teams, and his second medal individual after being third in the Brazilian city.
For his part, in third place the bronze medal went to the also South Korean Wooseok Lee, after beating German goalkeeper Florian Unruh 6-0 in their match, so South Korea He went 1-3 in this competition, where the Mexican Matias Grande He was the best representative of our country when reaching the Round of 16.
