Youngest Male Archer Tops Ranking Round... Kim Jedeok and An San Aim for Triple Crown in Mixed Team Event

Archery national representative Kim Je-deok is competing in the men'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] The youngest members of the South Korean women's and men's archery teams, An San (20, Gwangju Women's University) and Kim Je-deok (17, Gyeongbuk High School), secured first place in the women's and men's ranking rounds at the Tokyo Olympics, respectively. The two youngest archers will advance to the mixed team event, aiming to become the first in Olympic archery history to win three gold medals.

On the 23rd, at the Yumenoshima Archery Field in Tokyo, Kim Je-deok scored 688 points in the men's ranking round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, surpassing the United States' Brady Ellison (682 points) to claim the overall first place. The team's eldest member, Oh Jin-hyek (Hyundai Steel), scored 681 points to place third, and Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) scored 680 points to place fourth.

Earlier in the morning, in the women's division, An San recorded 680 points to take first place in the ranking round. Second place went to Jang Min-hee (Incheon National University) with 677 points, and third place to Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis) with 675 points.

Starting from this Tokyo Olympics, in addition to the four gold medals awarded in the men's and women's individual and team events, a mixed team event has been added, bringing the total number of archery gold medals to five.

The Korean team decided to grant qualification for the mixed team event to the highest-scoring male and female archers from the ranking round. Accordingly, the youngest team members, Kim Je-deok and An San, will compete in the mixed team event held at the same venue starting at 9:30 a.m. on the 24th. If they win gold in the individual, team, and mixed events, they will become the first archers in history to achieve a triple crown.

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