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He's the best. The South Korean archery team also held the throne in the '11-point system'.
The South Korean archery team won four gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the '2025 Modern Archery World Cup 3rd Competition', which ended in Antalya, Turkiye on the 8th. In addition to the recurve, meaningful results were achieved in the compound, which was adopted as an official event for the 2028 LA Olympics.
In the recurve, he won three gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office), and Lee Woo-seok (Kolon) won the gold medal in the men's team event. Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyun (Korea National Sports University) also won the mixed team event. In the women's individual event, Shim also beat Ansan (Gwangju Bank) to win the gold medal. As a result, Kim Woo-jin won two gold medals in this competition, proving his world-class skills once again after winning three gold medals in the second competition. Im Si-hyun also won two gold medals. In the women's team event, Lim Si-hyun, Ansan, and Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis) participated and won the bronze medal.
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There were also encouraging results in the compound. He won one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal. In the women's team event, So Chae-won (Hyundai Mobis), Shim Soo-in (Changwon City Hall), and Han Seung-yeon (Korea National Sports University) competed and harvested the gold medal. It was the first time in three years since the second round of the 2022 Gwangju World Cup. In the men's team event, Choi Yong-hee (Hyundai Steel), Kim Jong-ho (Hyundai Steel), and Choi Eun-kyu (Ulsan Nam-gu Office) competed and won the bronze medal. In the women's individual event, Han Seung-yeon won a silver medal, proving her potential as the next ace.
The biggest feature of this competition was the introduction of a demonstration of '11-point system'. 11 points will be given if it hits the center of the existing 10-point target, Exten (X10, 6.1 cm in diameter). It is an experimental attempt to increase the sense of excitement and score discrimination of the game. As a result, the recurve individual event could score up to 33 points per set, the mixed team event up to 44 points, and the men's and women's team event up to 66 points. The compound also gave 11 points to Xsten (4 cm in diameter) at a distance of 50 m.
In terms of the final results alone, it did not have a significant impact on Korea. However, in some variables, such as losing to the U.S. in the recurve women's team event and Kim Woo-jin's early elimination from the round of 32 in the individual event, the possibility of the impact of '11-point system' was raised. In fact, Kim Woo-jin recorded 10-10-9 in the third set of the round of 32 matches, but his opponent recorded 11-11-8 and gave up two set points. If it had been the way it was, Kim Woo-jin could have turned the game around with 29 points and the opponent with 28 points.
'11 point system' will be evaluated and officially introduced from 2026 will be determined. The Korean Archery Association said, `We will quickly adapt to the new rules to keep the world's strongest position. We will prepare more thoroughly so that we can have a performance that will not be shaken by any situation."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
