Women's Archery Defeats China, Achieves 7 Consecutive Team Titles (Comprehensive) [Asian Games]

Set Score 5-3 Victory, Maintaining Archery Power Status
Im Si-hyeon and Choi Mi-seon Cover An San's Slump with Consecutive 10 Points

Korean women's archery has established a golden record of seven consecutive victories in the Asian Games team event. Lim Si-hyun (Korea National Sport University), An San (Gwangju Women's University), and Choi Mi-seon (Gwangju Bank) defeated China, represented by Li Zaman, Hai Ligang, and An Chishan, with a set score of 5-3 (58-58 55-53 55-56 57-54) in the women's team final held on the 6th at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center Archery Field in Hangzhou, China, during the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Achieving their seventh consecutive championship, they upheld the status of a powerhouse in archery since the 1998 Bangkok Games.

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This achievement was accomplished through stable game management. Korea, unable to decide the winner in the first set, scored 55 points in the second set. Although they hit 10 points only once, all other arrows landed on 9 points. Meanwhile, China's last arrow landed on 7 points, conceding 2 set points. The third set showed an evenly matched performance. A lucky correction of an arrow initially thought to be outside the 10-point line to a 10-point score helped Korea secure 2 set points.

Korea remained unshaken. An San, who led off, shot 9 and 8 points, but Lim Si-hyun and Choi Mi-seon hit all four remaining arrows on 10 points. China lost the chance to overturn as their fifth arrow landed on 8 points.

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Earlier, Korea defeated India in the semifinals with a set score of 6-2 (56-54 57-54 55-57 57-52). In the quarterfinals, they won against Indonesia with a set score of 6-0 (54-50 57-49 55-51). They followed the gold medal trend by avenging their defeat in the round of 16 at the Berlin World Championships last August.

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