[Asian Games] Today's Match: Archery Recurve Women's Team Aiming for 7 Consecutive Wins

Baseball National Team vs. China... Win to Reach Gold Medal Final
Badminton Semifinals... Aiming for Finals in 4 Events

The archery national team aims to sweep the gold medals in the recurve men's and women's team events on the 6th. The previous day, they secured one silver and one bronze medal in the compound men's and women's team events.

The women's team targets their 7th consecutive victory, while the men's team aims to reclaim the gold medal after 13 years. In the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, the men's team won silver after losing to Taiwan in the final.

The recurve women's team, composed of Lim Si-hyun, An San, and Choi Mi-sun, will play the quarterfinals against Indonesia at 9:40 AM. Two semifinal matches are scheduled for 10:20 AM and 10:45 AM, with the final at 12:35 PM. The women's recurve team has not missed a gold medal since the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games.

Archery national team members Lim Si-hyeon (left) and Lee Woo-seok raise both arms high after winning the gold medal in the recurve mixed team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games on the 4th.
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The men's team, consisting of Lee Woo-seok, Oh Jin-hyek, and Kim Je-deok, will face Japan in the quarterfinals at 2:30 PM. The two semifinal matches will take place at 4:10 PM and 4:35 PM, with the final at 5:25 PM.

Lim Si-hyun and Lee Woo-seok have already won gold in the mixed team event and are aiming for double gold. Lim Si-hyun is also in the women's individual final on the 7th, aiming for a triple crown.

The baseball national team, which restored its pride by defeating Japan 2-0 the previous day, will play its last Super Round match against China at 1 PM. In another match the previous day, Taiwan defeated China 4-1. This created a situation where the Super Round rankings will be decided without complicated scenarios.

Taiwan, with two wins, has already secured a spot in the gold medal match, and Japan, with two losses, is confirmed for the bronze medal match. The winner of the Korea-China match, both holding 1 win and 1 loss, will advance to the gold medal match. If Korea wins against China, they will have a chance to avenge their group stage loss to Taiwan and challenge for their 4th consecutive Asian Games gold medal.

The badminton semifinals will be held. On the final day of badminton, the 7th, all five gold medalists will be decided at once. The finals include men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Korea aims for gold in all but the men's singles event.

The mixed doubles pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung, ranked 4th in the world, will face the world number 1 Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong at 10 AM.

In women's singles, world number 1 An Se-young will play the semifinal at 10:30 AM against world number 5 Chinese player He Bingjiao.

In women's doubles, the pairs ranked 2nd and 3rd in the world, Baek Ha-na/Lee So-hee and Kim So-young/Gong Hee-yong, have both advanced to the semifinals. Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong will face the Chinese pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, ranked number 1 in the world, at 11:30 AM. Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan were previously defeated 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) by Baek Ha-na and Lee So-yeon in the badminton women's team final. Baek Ha-na and Lee So-yeon will play their semifinal match at 8 PM against the Japanese pair Fukushima Yuki and Hirota Sayaka, ranked 4th in the world. The women's doubles semifinals are a fierce competition among the top 4 ranked teams.

In men's doubles, the pair Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho, ranked 15th in the world, will face the 12th-ranked Taiwanese pair Li Yang and Wang Chi-lin at 11:30 AM.

The weightlifting team, boosted by Kim Su-hyun's bronze medal in the women's 76kg category the previous day, is challenging for additional medals. Jin Yoon-sung and Jang Yeon-hak will compete in the men's 109kg event at 4 PM. Jin Yoon-sung and Jang Yeon-hak placed 2nd and 3rd respectively at the Jinju Asia Weightlifting Championships last May. In the women's 87kg event at 8 PM, Jeong A-ram and Yoon Ha-je will compete. Jeong A-ram ranked 2nd in snatch, 3rd in clean and jerk, and 3rd overall at last month's World Weightlifting Championships.

Weightlifting national team member Kim Su-hyun roars after successfully lifting a 138kg barbell in her third clean and jerk attempt in the women's 76kg Group A event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held on the 5th at the Xiaoshan Sports Center in Hangzhou, China. Kim Su-hyun lifted a total of 243kg in snatch and clean and jerk, winning the bronze medal behind North Korea's Song Guk-hyang (267kg) and Jong Chun-hui (266kg).
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In men's combined sport climbing (lead and bouldering), Lee Do-hyun is aiming for gold. At 10 AM, he will compete in the semifinals with 20 participants; if he ranks in the top 8, he will advance to the final at 9:30 PM. In the qualifiers the previous day, Lee Do-hyun scored perfect marks in both lead and bouldering, ranking first.

The men's basketball team will play the 7th-8th place match against Japan at 1 PM. The men's basketball team failed to win a medal for the first time in 17 years. The women's volleyball team will play the 5th-8th place classification match against Kazakhstan at 3:30 PM. Depending on the outcome, the 5th-6th and 7th-8th place matches on the 7th will be determined.

The North Korean women's soccer team will play the final against Japan at 9 PM at the Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center Stadium.

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