S. Korea grabs silver in mixed team event in compound archery
OKAZAKI, Japan — Park Jung-yoon and Choi Yong-hee combined for silver in the mixed team event in compound archery at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, its second medal from the sport at the competition. Park and Choi lost to Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Rajesh Jadhav of India 20-19 in a shoot-off in the final at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square in Okazaki, some 50 kilometers…
Okazaki, Japan — South Korean archers Park Jung-yoon and Choi Yong-hee secured silver in the mixed team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday. This marked their second medal in archery at the competition. In the final, held at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square, Park and Choi faced off against Indian archers Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Rajesh Jadhav.
The match was tied at 157 points after four ends until India prevailed in a shoot-off, claiming its second consecutive Asiad gold. Earlier, Park contributed to South Korea's bronze in the women's team event, while Taniparthi led India to its second straight gold medal. In the compound mixed team event, the scoring is cumulative, with each archer shooting two arrows per end for a maximum of 40 points per team over four ends.
India took the first two ends with perfect 40s, while South Korea trailed 80-78 after the halfway point.
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