[Asian Games] Woo-seok Lee and Si-hyeon Lim, First Gold Medal in Archery… Athletics Woo Sang-hyuk Wins Silver Medal
Men's soccer player Hwang Seon-hong meets Japan for the second consecutive final.
North Korean boxer Bang Cheol-mi defeats a Chinese player to win gold... 'Five years ago'
‘Archery Korea’ started its gold medal march.
Lee Woo-seok (Kolon) and Im Si-hyeon (Korea National Sport University) defeated the pair of Takaharu Furukawa and Satsuki Noda (Japan) with a set score of 6-0 ( They defeated it 38-37 37-35 39-35).
With this, Korea won its first gold medal in archery at this competition.
Archery, with 10 gold medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games, is a sport that is expected to provide a great boost to Korea's competition for second place in the medal rankings at the end of the Games.
In addition, Woo-seok Lee won his first Asian Games gold medal, following two silver medals in the men's team and individual events at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
Im Si-hyeon, the youngest member of the women's team who became a member of the national team for the first time this year, also won her first Asian Games gold medal and is aiming for multiple gold medals in the women's team and individual competitions.
Korea failed to win a prize at the 2018 Jakarta Games, when this event was first introduced, and the country that won at that time was Korea's opponent in the final that day, Japan.
There was one more silver medal in archery.
Joo Jae-hoon (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power) and So Chae-won (Hyundai Mobis) lost 158-159 to India's Oyas Praveen Deotale and Jyoti Surekha Bennam in the final of the compound mixed team event.
In particular, Joo Jae-hoon is a former archery fan and has a 'unique career' as a police officer for Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power.
He took leave from his company and came to Hangzhou to challenge for the gold medal in the men's team event and advanced to the bronze medal match in the individual event. 온라인카지노사이트
Woo Sang-hyuk (Yongin City Hall), who participated in the men's high jump event held at the main stadium of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center, won a silver medal by exceeding 2m33.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who competed fiercely with Mutaz Essa Barsim (Qatar), finished the competition in second place after Barsim, who succeeded in 2m35.
Sanghyuk Woo also won a silver medal at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang competition by recording 2m 28.
In the men's soccer semifinals, Korea, led by coach Hwang Seon-hong, defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 and advanced to the finals.
Korea, which is challenging for its third consecutive gold medal, will face Japan in the final on the 7th.
Korea and Japan also met in the finals of the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, with Korea winning 2-1 after a close overtime match.
In Korea, Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart) scored two goals in the first half alone to lead the team to victory.
In the 29th minute of the second half, when Korea was ahead 2-1, an Uzbek player was sent off, further strengthening Korea's victory.
In wrestling and soft tennis, where gold medals were expected, news of bronze medals was heard.
In the men's Greco-Roman wrestling 77kg class, Kim Hyun-woo (Samsung Life Insurance) lost 3-9 to Amin Kavyaninejad (Iran) in the round of 16, and Ryu Han-soo (Samsung Life Insurance) attempted to win his third consecutive Asian Games title in the Greco-Roman 67kg class. He also lost to Danial Sorabi (Iran) 0-9, technical fall, in the quarterfinals.
Jeong Han-jae (Suwon City Hall), who competed in the Greco-Roman 60kg class, won the bronze medal by defeating Islomon Bakkhramov (Uzbekistan) 5-4 in the bronze medal match.
In soft tennis, the men and women faced Japan in the semifinals of the team event, but both lost 0-2 and won bronze medals.
Japan, which reached the finals after defeating Korea, defeated Taiwan in both men's and women's competitions and won two gold medals.
North Korea's Bang Cheol-mi, who competed in the women's 54kg boxing class, won the gold medal by defeating Chang Yuan (China) by a 3-2 decision in the final.
Bang Cheol-mi lost to Chang Yuan by a 2-3 decision in the 51kg class final at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Games, and she was the athlete who was dissatisfied with her decision at the time and protested strongly.
In addition, Lee Cheong-song in the men's 81kg weightlifting class also won with 169kg in snatch, 195kg in clean and jerk, and 364kg in total, giving North Korea two additional gold medals on the day.
In the medal rankings as of the 4th, Korea was in third place with 33 gold medals, 45 silver medals, and 70 bronze medals.
First place is China with 171 gold medals, and second place is Japan with 37 gold, 51 silver, and 59 bronze medals.
North Korea ranks 8th in the medal rankings with 9 gold medals.