Korean Archery 'Olympic Prelude' Paris World Cup

Korean Archery 'Olympic Prelude' Paris World Cup Challenge to Restore Honor

The 4th World Cup will be held at Invalides Park in Paris on the 15th and 20th...

Oh Jin-hyeok and Choi Mi-seon added the worst results ever at the World Championships last week... "Strong vaccination ahead of AG"

Taegeuk archers, who had the worst performance at the 2023 Berlin World Archery Championships, will try to restore their honor on the World Cup stage.

The Korean national archery team, led by general manager Kim Seong-hoon, will participate in the 4th competition of the 2023 Hyundai Archery World Cup held in Paris, France from the 15th to the 20th.

The recurve national team, which boasts the self-proclaimed 'world's strongest', raised anxiety ahead of the Hangzhou Asian Games, which were approaching a month later, with its 'worst performance' at the World Championships last week.

In the men's team event and the mixed event in which Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) and Si-hyeon (Korea National Sport University) competed, they each won gold medals, but failed to win in all other events. 바카라사이트

In particular, the sluggish performance of the women's national team was 'shocking'.

In the women's team event, Korea was caught by Indonesia in the first round of 16, and in the women's individual event, three players were eliminated together in the quarterfinals.

It was the first time in 44 years since the 1979 Berlin Games that the Korean women's recurve team failed to win a single medal in the individual and women's team events at the World Championships.

The national team went to Paris immediately after the World Championships and began field training.

It is said that the atmosphere of the team, which had subsided a lot, regained some vitality through repeated intense training.

In particular, the addition of 'eldest brother' Oh Jin-hyeok (Hyundai Steel) and experienced Choi Mi-seon (Kwangju Bank) helped the players find stability again, according to the Korea Archery Association.

The men's and women's entries for the World Cup are four each, one more than the World Championship.

Accordingly, in addition to male Kim Woo-jin, Kim Je-deok (Yecheon-gun Office), Lee Woo-seok (Kolon), female Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis),

Ansan (Gwangju Women's University), and Si-hyeon Si-hyeon, Oh Jin-hyeok and Choi Mi-seon qualified for the final 4th place in the 2023 national selection evaluation match.

To join the national team. Young-sul Chang, vice president of the Archery Association, pointed out the cause of the World Championship's sluggishness, saying,

"There is no major problem with the players' skills and mental strength. It is the result of several variables such as bad weather in Berlin."

I was vaccinated. It will be an opportunity to awaken.”

The 4th World Cup is a 'test event' competition held one year before the 2024 Paris Olympics, so the results are more important.

Excluding the preliminaries, all matches of the final tournament will be held at Invalides Park, a world-famous landmark for the Olympic archery competition.

All European athletes who won three gold medals at the world championships: men's individual event (Mette Gazoz, Turkiye), women's individual event (Marie Horakova, Czech Republic), and women's team event (Germany) are on alert.

If they lose in a battle of momentum against those who are more familiar with the wind and environment of Europe, they may have to face a tougher match at the Olympics a year later.

Like the recurve national team, the compound national team, which has been training in Paris, is also on the hunt for medals.

In addition to the six players who competed in the world championships, including men's Kim Jong-ho, Choi Yong-hee (above Hyundai Steel), and Yang Jae-won (armed forces sports corps) and women's Oh Yu-hyeon (above Jeonbuk Provincial Office),

So Chae-won and Song Yoon-soo (above Hyundai Mobis), male Jae-hoon Joo (Hanul Uljingun Club) ), and a female Jo Soo-ah (Hyundai Mobis) joins.