[Asian Games] So Chaewon Wins Silver Medal in Women's Compound Archery Individual Event

India Sweeps All Gold Medals

So Chaewon (Hyundai Mobis) won the silver medal in the women's individual compound archery event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

On the 3rd, So Chaewon draws her bowstring during the women's individual compound archery semifinal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Fuyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China.
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On the 7th, So Chaewon lost 145-149 to India's Jyothi Sureka Bennam in the final of the women's individual compound archery event held at the Puyang Yinhou Sports Center Archery Field in Hangzhou, China. So Chaewon scored only one 8-point shot in the 2nd end, hitting all other arrows in the 9-10 point range. However, Bennam, who scored 9 points only on the first of 15 arrows and then hit 10 points consecutively for the next 14 arrows, took the gold medal.

So Chaewon, who won the women's team gold medal and mixed team silver medal at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, earned a silver medal in the individual event, a silver medal in the mixed event, and a bronze medal in the women's team event at this competition. With So Chaewon's loss in the final, the compound team ended this tournament with 'no golds.'

Korea won three silver medals (men's team, women's individual, mixed team) and one bronze medal (women's team) in compound archery at this competition. Additionally, the upcoming men's individual bronze medal match will be a contest between Korean players, securing another bronze medal for Korea.

Korea has always won two gold medals in compound archery, but this time they could not overcome India's rapid rise. India, which had previously swept all three gold medals in the compound archery team events, won the women's individual gold medal on this day and has also secured the men's individual gold medal, meaning they will take all five gold medals awarded in this category. Furthermore, India has secured first place in the overall archery medal rankings, including recurve archery, surpassing Korea, which won four gold medals in recurve alone.

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