Korea's recurve archery team returned to winning ways with four gold medals at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Paris 2023.
Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis), An An (Gwangju Women's University), and Lim Im-hyun (Korea Gymnastics University) of the Korean women's archery team defeated Chinese Taipei 6-2 (55-56 58-57 57-51 58 -54) in the women's team final on the final day of competition at Parc des Invalides in Paris, France, on Tuesday.
With the gold medal, the women's team recovered from the shock of being eliminated in the first round of the team event at the Berlin 2023 World Archery Championships earlier this month.
In the men's team final, Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Lee Woo-seok (Kolon), and Kim Jeduk (Yecheon County Hall) hit the golden bull's-eye with a 6-0 (59-53 59-53 57-56) sweep of Taiwan.
Continuing the upward trend, South Korea won two gold medals in the mixed team event, with Lee Im-hyun and Lee Woo-seok teaming up to defeat Chinese Taipei 5-3 (39-39 39-36 38-39 39-36) in the end.
The team swept the three gold medals up for grabs in the team competition.
In the men's individual final, Kim Woo-jin defeated Lee Woo-seok 6-0 (29-28 30-29 29-28) to win the men's individual and team titles.
Woojin Kim, who has been struggling 토토사이트 this year with no individual podium finishes at international tournaments, turned things around and raised expectations for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games.
In the women's individual event, Choi Mi-sun (Gwangju Bank) won the bronze medal with a 7-3 (28-29 28-27 28-28 29-27 29-28) victory over Hai Ligan of China in the third place match.
Choi, who lost to American Casey Coffold 4-6 in the semifinals, bounced back with a win in the third-place match to claim the bronze.
Meanwhile, the Korean recurve team, one of the strongest in the world, had to settle for two gold medals (mixed and men's team) at the World Archery Championships in Berlin earlier this month.
Korea's worst performances came in the women's team event and the men's and women's individual events, where they failed to win any medals, but they redeemed themselves with four gold, one silver, and one bronze.