(Asiad) S. Korea denied 8th straight gold in women's team recurve archery, takes silver
OKAZAKI, Japan, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea came up short in its bid for an e...
In a closely contested Asian Games recurve archery team final, South Korea fell short of its eighth consecutive gold medal, settling for silver after a narrow loss to India. The match, held at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square in Okazaki, Japan, saw South Korea's Lee Yun-ji, Kang Chae-young and Oh Ye-jin facing India's Ankita Bhakat, Kirti and Kumkum Anil Mohod.
The Indian team emerged victorious with a 5-3 set score, breaking South Korea's gold streak that had spanned from 1998 to the current event. Each archer fires two arrows per set, accumulating a maximum score of 60 points per set for a team. Teams earn two points for a set win and one point for a tie, with the objective of reaching five points first.
The first two sets ended in a tie, 2-2, but India took the lead in the third set with a score of 55-51. In the fourth and final set, India clinched the gold medal after Mohod's final arrow secured a 10, while Kirti's earlier arrow was disputed, initially ruled a 9 and then confirmed as such, giving India a tie in the set and ultimately the gold medal.
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