SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Yong-hee grabbed a bronze medal in the men’s individual compound event for the host South Korea’s first medal at the World Archery Championships on Monday. Choi defeated Curtis Broadnax of the United States 146-145 in the bronze medal match at the May 18 Democracy Plaza in Gwangju, 270 [...]
PARIS, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea completed a historic sweep of archery gold medals at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, with Kim Woo-jin finishing the job by winning the men’s individual title. Kim defeated Brady Ellison of the United States in a shoot-off after the two had been tied at 5-5 after five [...]
PARIS, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — After helping their respective men’s and women’s teams to gold medals in archery at the Paris Olympics, Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon will join forces for the mixed team event in the French capital Friday. Kim and Lim, by virtue of being the top South Koreans in the men’s and women’s ranking rounds [...]
PARIS, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean women’s archery team has etched their names in Olympic history, securing their 10th consecutive gold medal in the team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Their success is attributed in part to the remarkable composure of the Korean archers, often referred to as their “hearts of steel.” [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – “It’s simple. Hold the grip naturally, as if you’re holding an egg, and use your index, middle, and ring fingers to draw the bowstring,” instructed Oh Jin-hyek, a gold medalist from the 2012 London and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as he demonstrated proper archery technique to participants at a unique event [...]
PARIS, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is Friday evening, but there will be preliminary action taking place in the days leading up to the occasion. For South Korea, the action begins with the individual ranking rounds in the women’s and men’s archery, followed by the Group A match [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A two-time Olympic champion Kim Woo-jin and a triple Asian Games gold medalist Lim Si-hyeon will headline the South Korean men’s and women’s archery teams at the upcoming Paris Summer Games. The national team trials concluded Thursday afternoon in Yecheon, some 160 kilometers southeast of Seoul, with the top [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An San, who captured three gold medals in archery for South Korea at the 2021 Summer Olympics, will not have a chance to defend her titles in Paris this year. An was eliminated at the midway point of the third stage of the 2024 national team trials Monday in [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Olympic archery champions An San and Kim Je-deok will donate their “Robin Hood” arrows and autographed uniforms to the Olympic Museum in Switzerland, the sport’s national federation said Sunday. The Korea Archery Association (KAA) said An, a triple gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, and Kim, who [...]
TOKYO, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea came to Tokyo as the unparalleled force in Olympic archery. And with a performance by turns dominant and scintillating over the past week, South Korea picked up four out of five gold medals at stake. Any questions? South Korea’s Olympic archery campaign started with a bang, as [...]