Korea won its first archery medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday. Its Asian Games archery medal run started with a silver in the mixed team compound. Also, it was a close match against the pair from India.
One point separated first and second place in the final between Korea’s So Chae-won and Joo Jae-hoon’s scores of 158 and 159, respectively.
Korea lost the final to Chinese Taipei in 2018. However, they still managed to protect their silver medal with a win on Wednesday. In 2018, the mixed competition debuted.
Korea’s Asian Games Archery Medal Run
Since the 1980 Olympics, Korea has dominated the Asian Games and Olympic archery competitions. According to experts of online gambling in South Korea, four of the five possible gold medals in the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which featured only recurve events, were won by Korean archers.
According to betting odds experts, compound archery is a more modern sport employing high-tech bows. Also, it needs less physical power to draw. It is featured at the Asian Games. During the 2018 Asian Games, Korea won two gold medals in both fields.
Compared to the Tokyo Olympics, Korea’s performance at the recent Asiad was dismal. Korea’s women’s team of Kang Chae-young, Lee Eun-gyeong, and Chang Hye-jin won the recurve team gold. On the other hand, the men’s team got silver, and the women’s team took bronze. However, the mixed team did not win any medals.
After Korea’s Olympic triumph, this year’s results might look very different. Lee Woo-seok and Kim Je-deok are listed in the top 10 in the world, while Asia’s top archer, Kim Woo-jin, is ranked third in the world.
An San, the most successful archer in Olympic history, is ranked fifth, while Olympic record holder Lim Si-hyeon is ranked third in the women’s recurve. According to real time sports betting experts, no other Asian archers made the top 10, although Kang and Choi Mi-sun placed sixth and seventh, respectively.
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