S. Korea takes bronze in mixed team recurve archery event
South Korea won the mixed team bronze medal in recurve archery at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, unable to take gold in its second straight archery event here. Kang Chae-young and Kim Je-deok defeated Nanami Asakuno and Junya Nakanishi of Japan by the set score of 5-1 in the bronze medal match at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square in Okazaki, some 50 kilometers southeast of the…
South Korea secured a bronze medal in recurve archery at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, narrowly losing the gold to Japan in a closely contested match. Team members Kang Chae-young and Kim Je-deok fell short against Japan's Nanami Asakuno and Junya Nakanishi, winning just 5-1 in the bronze medal match at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square.
This marked the first time the mixed team event in recurve archery was part of the Asian Games, having debuted in 2018. South Korea had won gold in the mixed team recurve archery event in 2023, but Kang and Kim's gold medal bid ended in the semifinals when they were defeated 6-0 by Zhu Jingyi and Liu Mengqi of China. In mixed team archery, each archer shoots two arrows per set for a total of four arrows, with a maximum score of 40 points.
A win in a set awards two points, while a tie earns one point for each team. The team that first reaches five points is declared the winner. In the semifinals, Kim excelled with six arrows across three sets, scoring two 7s and one 8, while Kang managed four 8s. In the bronze medal match, South Korea scored 39 points.
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