{
  "id": 10861593,
  "title": "Teen archer voices confidence in another medal after helping team to bronze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/teen-archer-voices-confidence-in-another-medal-after-helping-team-to-10861593",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T05:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260930/teen-archer-voices-confidence-in-another-medal-after-helping-team-to-bronze"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Okazaki, Japan — Less than two months before her 15th birthday, South Korean compound archer Kang Yeon-seo claimed the title of the country's youngest medalist at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday. Accompanying Kang were veteran archers Park Jung-yoon, 29, and Park Ye-rin, 20, who secured the bronze medal in the women's team event at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square, situated approximately 50 kilometers southeast of Nagoya. Following the bronze medal match, where her team triumphed over Chinese Taipei with a score of 229-228, Kang voiced her unwavering resolve to overcome her age and achieve even greater success. \"People frequently discuss my youth, but I have been training rigorously regardless of my age,\" Kang stated post-medal ceremony. \"I will strive to bring home another medal from the individual event.\" Currently, Kang is poised to advance to the quarterfinals of the women's individual event, with the medals to be decided on Thursday. In the semifinals, Kang and her team narrowly missed a decisive blow, losing to the defending champion India by a score of 234-233. However, India would go on to secure their second consecutive gold medal.",
  "summary": "OKAZAKI, Japan — Still two months shy of her 15th birthday, compound archer Kang Yeon-seo became South Korea's youngest medalist of the ongoing Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday. Kang joined Park Jung-yoon, 29, and Park Ye-rin, 20, for the bronze medal in the women's team event at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square in Okazaki, about 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city,…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(Asiad) S. Korea takes women's team bronze in compound archery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/asiad-s-korea-takes-womens-team-bronze-in-compound-archery",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:20:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korea takes women's team bronze in compound archery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/s-korea-takes-womens-team-bronze-in-compound-archery",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:42:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}