Lee Woo-seok and Kim Je-deok aim for individual title after team title, ‘Winner of mixed title with Im Si-hyeon’ Kim Woo-jin challenges for triple crown.
The Korean men’s archery team members Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Lee Woo-seok (Kolon), and Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office), who achieved three consecutive Olympic team gold medals, have all advanced to the quarterfinals of the individual event
at the ‘2024 Paris Olympics.’ They participated in the round of 16 of the men’s individual archery event held at Les Invalides in Paris, France from the morning of the 4th (local time).
First, Lee Woo-seok defeated Wang Yan (China) 6-2 (30-29 29-29 30-28 30-30).
Kim Woo-jin, who met Marcus Dalmeida (Brazil), also won 7-1 (29-29 30-27 30-29 30-28). Kim Je-
deok, who competed last in the individual event, also defeated Santiago Arcilla (Colombia) 6-4 (30-27 27-25 27-28 27-28 28-27).
In the quarterfinals, Lee Woo-seok will compete against Mauro Nespoli (Italy) and Kim Woo-jin will compete against Mette Gazoz (Turkiye).
If both players win, they will face each other in the semifinals. At the time of the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, Lee Woo-seok was a private in the Armed Forces Athletic Corps (Sangmu). He ended up winning silver medals in both the team and individual events, missing the opportunity for early discharge. In particular, his opponent in the individual finals was Kim Woo-jin, but he failed to get an early discharge after failing to beat Kim Woo-jin. There is a possibility that two people with special stories will clash for a ticket to the finals. Kim Je-deok will face off against Brady Ellison (USA) in the quarterfinals. In order for Kim Je-deok to face a Korean athlete, he must advance to the finals. Korean archery has set a goal of winning all five events in this competition. With gold medals in the men’s and women’s team events, mixed team events, and women’s individual events, he is only one gold medal away from achieving his goal. Attention is focused on whether Lee Woo-seok, Kim Woo-jin, and Kim Je-deok can solve that last puzzle. Also, attention is focused on whether they can sweep the gold, silver, and bronze medals that the women’s national team players failed to do the day before. Korea has swept the gold, silver, and bronze medals twice, in the 1988 Seoul Games and the 2000 Sydney Games. If they do it this time, it will be the third time in history. 안전놀이터