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South Korea's archery ranked first overall on the last World Cup stage this year.
South Korea won three gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals in the fourth round of the 2025 Hyundai Archery World Cup, which took place in Madrid, Spain from July 8-13. As a result, South Korea ranked No. 1 overall in all three World Cups (not attending the first tournament) that it participated in this year.
The star that shined the most was Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis) of the female recurve. He won two gold medals in this tournament. Kang Chae-young won the women's individual recurve final on the 13th, defeating Xu Xinzhi of Taiwan 6 to 5 (29-27, 28-29, 27-23, 27-29, 29-29 <10+-10>). This is the second time Kang Chae-young has won the individual title on the World Cup stage since the World Cup Final in Hermosillo, Mexico, in September 2023. It was his first individual victory in two years at the World Cup. In addition, Kang Chae-young also won two gold medals in the women's team final, defeating China 6-2 (57-55, 57-57, 56-56, 56-55).
In the men's team event, Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office), and Lee Woo-seok (Kolong) won the bronze medal. In the men's individual event, Kim Je-deok won the bronze medal. In the mixed team event, which was played by Lim Si-hyun and Lee Woo-seok, he won a silver medal.
In the compound event that finished all the matches earlier, he won one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals. In particular, he won the gold medal in the men's team event as Choi Yong-hee and Kim Jong-ho (Hyundai Steel) and Choi Eun-kyu (Ulsan Nam-gu Office) for the first time in seven years since the 2018 Antalya World Cup.
South Korea has won medals in nine out of 10 sub-sport events in this year's event. It matched the record of winning the most detailed World Cup medals recorded in the first competition held in Shanghai, China in 2018.
After the World Cup, the team will concentrate on training ahead of the World Championships in Gwangju in September. From August 11 to 14, the second special match will be held against the national team B team on a special stage inside the Jincheon Training Center.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
