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Lim Si-hyun, Kim Jong-woo (Hanche University), Yang Jae-won (Ulsan Nam-gu Office), and Peel-ye (Bugae High School) reached the top of Hyundai Motor's Chung Mong-koo Cup Korea Archery Competition 2025.
On the 3rd, Shim Ji-hyun won against Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis) in the women's recurve final at Gwangju's May 18 Democratic Square. In the men's individual competition, Kim Jong-woo won the championship with a victory over Lee Woo-seok (Kolon Exten Boyz). In the compound category, Yang Jae-won won Kim Jong-ho (Hyundai Steel) and Moon Ye-eun (Hanse University) won the women's division.
A total of 230 players (152 recubs and 78 compounds) competed in this competition. The total prize money of 596 million won, the largest ever in domestic competitions, was spent. "I'm even more happy to win this tournament when I didn't have any results at the World Championships," Shim said. "It's meaningful to have a good result in the biggest competition for archers." Yang Jae-won said, `I've been in third place a lot this year, but I'm happy to win first place for the first time. Thinking that rain was an opportunity, he calmly played leading to the championship. Thank you very much for your support."
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Citizens and visitors who visited Gwangju during the three-day competition filled the site with enthusiastic support and participation. Various programs such as archery experience zones, history walls, and archery mobile game experience zones for visitors were also successfully operated, becoming a venue for a festival to enjoy sports.
In particular, the event match between the national team and the 'Archery Shooting Robot' held prior to the awards ceremony received great response from visitors, showing new possibilities for sports and technology convergence. It also played the role of Runner, which retrieves and delivers arrows fired by Spot players, increasing the efficiency of game management.
Lucky draw events for visitors also received a hot response. Supporters such as Hyundai Motor, Nexen Tire, American Tourist, FMNT, and Hyundai Department Store collaborated to provide generous prizes, and in particular, the title sponsor Hyundai Motor Company's 'Casper Electric' was the best prize and received enthusiastic cheers from visitors. This event showed that the competition has become a festival enjoyed with spectators beyond just viewing.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
