World's Strongest Korean Archery... Ansan and Im Si-hyun Advance to Finals Securing 'Gold and Silver' [Asian Games]

On the 3rd, at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China, Lim Si-hyun is celebrating her victory after the women's individual recurve archery semifinal match at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
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The world's strongest Korean women's archery team secured gold and silver medals in the women's individual event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

Lim Si-hyun (Korea National Sport University) won the women's individual semifinals on the 3rd at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China, defeating China's Li Zaman in a shoot-off 6-5 (28-29 30-27 29-29 27-27 28-28 <10-9>).

At just 20 years old, Lim Si-hyun ranked first in this year's national team selection. She has also achieved the best results on the World Cup stage, emerging as the team's 'youngest ace.'

On the 3rd, at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China, An San is celebrating her victory in the women's individual recurve archery semifinal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
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An San (Gwangju Women's University) also advanced to the final by defeating China's Hai Ligang 7-3 (30-30, 28-25, 28-28, 27-28, 30-25) in the semifinals that day.

Accordingly, Korean women's archery secured both the gold and silver medals.

The final match will take place on the 7th at 11:50 AM (Korean time).

Korean archery had produced women's individual gold medalists for three consecutive tournaments since the 2006 Doha Games, but lost the gold medal to China at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games.

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