Korean Archery Wins Third Consecutive Gold in Men's Team Event at World Championships

Kim Woojin Claims 10th Career Gold Medal
Mixed Team Events End with Silver for Both Men and Women

On the 9th, at the Gwangju International Archery Field in Namgu, Gwangju, Kim Woojin (left) and An San (right) are preparing themselves during the recurve mixed team semifinals of the 2025 World Archery Championships. Photo by Yonhap News

In the recurve men's team event at the World Championships, Korean archery achieved its third consecutive victory.

The Korean recurve men's national team, consisting of Kim Woojin (Cheongju City Hall), Kim Je Deok (Yecheon County Office), and Lee Wooseok (Kolon), defeated the United States-represented by Brady Ellison, Trenton Cowles, and Christian Stoddard-by a score of 6-0 (56-55, 57-55, 59-56) in the men's team final on the sixth day of the 2025 Gwangju World Archery Championships, held at the special venue in the 5·18 Democracy Square in Gwangju on the 10th.

Since the Yankton Championships in 2021, Korea has not missed a single title in this event, achieving three consecutive championships.

This medal is also the first gold for the Korean national team at this tournament.

After failing to win in the men's individual and mixed team events, Kim Woojin, who was a triple gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, teamed up once again with Kim Je Deok and Lee Wooseok, his Olympic teammates, to secure the gold medal and finally smiled at the end.

On the 10th, at the award ceremony of the mixed team final of the 2025 World Archery Championships held at the 5·18 Democracy Square in the National Asian Culture Complex, Dong-gu, Gwangju, An San and Kim Woojin are holding up the silver medals. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Earlier in the day, Kim Woojin was eliminated in the round of 32 in the men's individual event, and later had to settle for a silver medal in the mixed team final alongside An San (Gwangju Bank).

This gold medal marks Kim Woojin's 10th career gold at the World Archery Championships, solidifying his status as the top active archer.

For Kim Je Deok and Lee Wooseok, this is their third career gold at the World Archery Championships.

In the final, Korea gained the upper hand thanks to Kim Je Deok, who shot his first three arrows into the 10-point ring.

In the third set, the team sealed the victory by landing all three of their final arrows in the 10-point ring.

For the United States, Brady Ellison, the world number one who had a fierce battle with Kim Woojin in the men's individual final at the Paris Olympics, scored three 10s and three 9s out of six arrows, putting up a strong performance.

Korea will now aim to add a bronze medal in the women's team event.

The women's national team, consisting of An San, Lim Si Hyun (Korea National Sport University), and Kang Chae Young (Hyundai Mobis), will compete against India in the women's team bronze medal match. The team was pushed into the bronze medal match after narrowly losing to Taiwan in the semifinals the previous day.

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