Korean Finger Gesture and 10 Consecutive Gold Medal Ceremony Envy? Wait 40 Years [Paris Olympics]

Won gold medal after shoot-off against China in final
Never missed winning since team event adopted in 1988

The South Korean women's national archery team, which achieved the legendary feat of winning 10 consecutive Olympic team gold medals, drew attention by performing a ceremony at the awards ceremony where they made the number 10 with their fingers and gold medals. On the 29th (Korean time), the Korean women's archery team, consisting of Im Si-hyun (Korea National Sport University), Nam Su-hyun (Suncheon City Hall), and Jeon Hun-young (Incheon City Hall), won the gold medal by defeating China in a shoot-off in the women's team final held at Les Invalides in Paris, France.

On the 28th (local time), at the archery venue set up in Les Invalides, Paris, France, the national team players who won the gold medal in the women's team archery final against China at the 2024 Paris Olympics posed with their gold medals around their necks.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

Since the women's team event was adopted at the 1988 Seoul Games, South Korea has never missed winning the gold medal. The great record of "10 consecutive Olympic gold medals" is currently tied for the most consecutive wins in a specific sport by a specific country. The longest "monopoly" in a single Olympic event in history is by the United States in men's pole vault in athletics. The U.S. won gold medals consecutively 16 times from the 1896 Athens Games to the 1968 Mexico City Games.

Among ongoing events, the U.S. men's 400m medley relay swimming team holds the record, having achieved 10 consecutive wins at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and aiming for an 11th consecutive win at this competition. The archery team, which defeated their fierce rival China and stood atop the podium, performed a heart ceremony. What especially drew attention was making the number '1' with their fingers and '0' with the gold medal to form the number 10. This was a '10 consecutive wins ceremony' that only the Korean women's archery team members participating in this Olympics could perform.

As news of the 10 consecutive wins spread, netizens shared their joy across various online communities. One netizen titled their post "An archery ceremony only possible for Korea," which attracted attention. Particularly, witty phrases written by some netizens about the 10 consecutive wins, such as "The reason for 10 consecutive wins is because it has only been held 10 times," "The reason they could only have 10 consecutive wins is because archery has only been held 10 times," and "They are probably already thinking about the 11 consecutive wins ceremony," have spread as a kind of meme (internet slang).

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