Korean Women’s Archery Sweeps Ranking Round 1st to 3rd Places... Youngest An San Challenges for Triple Crown

Archery national representative An San is competing in the women's individual ranking round at the Tokyo Olympics held on the 23rd at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Japan.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] Korean women's archery once again proved its world dominance by securing the top three positions in the women's ranking round at the Tokyo Olympics.

The youngest member of the Korean women's archery team, Ansan (Gwangju Women's University), scored 680 points in the women's ranking round held on the 23rd at the Yumenoshima Archery Field in Tokyo, Japan, finishing first. This broke the Olympic women's archery ranking round record of 673 points set by Lina Herasymenko (Ukraine) at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, shattering the record after 25 years.

Jang Minhee (Incheon National University) took second place with 677 points, and Kang Chaeyoung (Hyundai Mobis) came in third with 675 points, sweeping the top three positions. All three athletes surpassed the previous Olympic ranking round record.

Since the ranking round results affect the seeding for individual, team, and mixed team tournaments, achieving a high score is advantageous for the matchups.

Starting from the Tokyo Olympics, the number of gold medals in archery increased to five with the addition of the mixed team event alongside the four gold medals for men's and women's individual and team events.

The Korean team decided to grant mixed team event participation rights to the highest-scoring player from the ranking round for each gender. With this competition, Ansan recorded the highest score among the women, securing the first-ever chance for a triple crown in archery history.

In the afternoon, Kim Woojin (Cheongju City Hall), Oh Jinhyuk (Hyundai Steel), and Kim Jeduk (Gyeongbuk High School) will compete in the men's ranking round.

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