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South Korea failed to secure its eighth consecutive Asian Games gold in women's team recurve archery, settling for silver in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. The team, comprising Lee Yun-ji, Kang Chae-young, and Oh Ye-jin, narrowly lost to India by a score of 5-3. India's Ankita Bhakat, Kirti, and Kumkum Anil Mohod ended South Korea's winning streak in the event, which they had held since 1998.
In recurve team events, each archer from the team shoots two arrows per set, totaling six arrows per set with a maximum score of 60 points per team. The objective is to reach five points first. The match was tied at 2-2 after the first two sets, with India taking a 4-2 lead in the third set. In the fourth set, after Mohod's final arrow scored a 10, a closer examination revealed Kirti's first arrow was actually a 9, resulting in a tie in the set and the clinching one set point for India.
Despite challenging wind conditions during the event, both teams struggled, with Lee and Kirti each scoring a 7 in the first set, and the teams matching each other's 54s. In the second set, the scores were 56-56, while in the third set, South Korea's final three arrows were all 8s, while India scored 8-9-10, winning the set 55-51 and taking the overall lead.
This was India's first Asiad gold in the women's recurve team event, as they have dominated the compound discipline for years.
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