A breath of wind, a shaky floorboard or an untimely attack of nerves can all affect the fickle flights of arrows but nothing could stop Ku Bon-chan as he unleashed a ideal volley to drive South Korea to the men’s team gold at the Rio Olympics.
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Choi Misun was top with 669/720 points, Chang Hye Jin finished second with 666 points and defending Olympic Champion Ki Bo Bae third on 663.
None of that team made it back to Rio, buried by the relentless treadmill of elite archers from a country that has won 20 Olympic titles since archery returned in its modern form in 1972.
The U.S. won the gold medal in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay Sunday night at the Rio Olympics. “This medal was won not just by the team but by everyone who supported us”.
Korea has already two archery gold medals from Rio, after the men took team gold on the first day of competition at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Their last Olympic gold in the event for the American came at the 2008 Beijing Games.
But during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, her husband sustained a serious injury. “Korea never had so strong a men’s team”. With that, South Korea also squandered a chance to clinch a quarterfinals spot with one match remaining. The field is full of incredible archers, including 2012 London Olympics silver medal victor Takaharu Furukawa of Japan, who will try to advance on the men’s side.
South Korean handball player Kim On-a lies on the floor while grabbing her injured right shoulder in the preliminary game against Sweden at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on August 8, 2016.
The South Korean women’s volleyball team lost their Pool A preliminary game with Russian Federation (1-3). Heo Jun in the men’s foil lost his first round match to Cheung Ka Long of Hong Kong 15-8, a day after three female epee fencers failed to reach the podium.
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In table tennis, Jeoung Young-sik beat Liam Pitchford of Britain in men’s singles and advanced to the round of 16.
