Archery Avengers is born...Kim Woo-jin → Lim Si-hyun, the three-time winner of Paris, will participate in the Gwangju World Archery Championship as the No. 1 player
Apr 19, 2025
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The Korea Archery Association held the final second warm-up match for the 2025 national archery team at Wonju Archery Field in Gangwon Province on the 18th. In the men's division, Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) ranked first overall. He won three men's archery medals for the first time in history at the Paris Olympics last year. He was followed by Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office), Lee Woo-seok (Kolong), and Min Soo-ki (National Military Sports Unit). Lim Si-hyun (Korea National Sports University) ranked first in the women's category. Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis), Ansan (Gwangju Bank), and Lee Ga-hyun (Daejeon Sports Council) ranked second to fourth, respectively.
The top four men's and women's teams will train at Jincheon National Training Center to prepare for major international competitions this year, including the 2025 Gwangju World Archery Championship and the World Cup. However, only the top three men and women in each event will participate in the World Championships in Gwangju from September 5 to 12 and the 4th World Cup ahead of the event.
Expectations are high. Kim Woo-jin, Kim Je-deok, and Lee Woo-seok, who challenged gold at the Paris Olympics last year, swept the first to third places in this year's warm-up match. Once again, I participated in a major international competition together. Lim Si-hyun, who won three gold medals at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games and 2024 Paris Olympics, showed off the world's best archer's ability like Kim Woo-jin. Ansan, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and team gold medalist at the Hangzhou Asian Games, also returned to the national team for the first time in a year. He was eliminated in the third round of the national team last year. However, through this competition, he even qualified to participate in major international competitions. In addition, Kang has qualified for major international competitions in four years since 2021.
Meanwhile, in the compound, which was adopted as an official event for the 2026 LA Olympics, existing strong players swept the top of the ranking table. In the men's category, veteran Choi Yong-hee (Hyundai Steel) ranked first. Kim Jong-ho (Hyundai Steel), Choi Eun-kyu (Ulsan Nam-gu Office), and Lee Eun-ho (Korea National Sports University) followed. In the women's category, So Chae-won (Hyundai Mobis), Shim Soo-in (Changwon City Hall), and Han Seung-yeon (Korea National Sports University) ranked first to fourth, respectively.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
