Silver Medal After Overcoming Back Pain and COVID-19

[Asian Games] Silver Medal After Overcoming Back Pain and COVID-19… “India Shot Better”

Men's compound archery, lost to India in finals, finished second

“We shot well too… India shot better.”

Kim Jong-ho (29, Hyundai Steel), the ‘ace’ of the Korean men’s compound archery team, stuck out his tongue.

Korea, with its team of Kim Jong-ho, Joo Jae-hoon (31, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power), and Yang Jae-won (26, managing director), defeated India 230-235 in the final of the men's compound archery team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the archery range at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China on the 5th. won the silver medal. 온라인카지노사이트

Korea showed a good performance by putting all their arrows within 9 points.

But India was ‘perfect’.

In the 3rd and 4th ends, which were the deciding points, only one shot was scored for 9 points, and the remaining 11 shots were all scored for 10 points.

After the awards ceremony, the Korean players entered the common coverage area (mixed zone) with somewhat resentful expressions.

Kim Jong-ho said, “(While this tournament was postponed for a year), India had a generational change, and after that, they suddenly showed superior skills at the World Championships and World Cup and showed an upward trend.”

He added, “I saw India faltering as they reached the finals.

“I thought it was worth a try, but in the end, India shot better,” he said.

India is poised to sweep the compound gold medal in this tournament.

They swept all three gold medals in the mixed event the previous day and the men's and women's team event on this day.

In addition, the men's individual finals held on the 7th will be held as a 'family battle' in India.

In the women's individual finals, Korea's So Chae-won (Hyundai Mobis) and an Indian player will face off.

So Chaewon is the last bastion to stop India’s dominance.

Kim Jong-ho said, "I want to go to the women's individual finals and cheer hard and loudly to show that we, too, can do it.

I want to show with that gold medal that the compound national team can do it like the world's strongest recurve team."

He also said that it was unfortunate that he was not in perfect physical condition.

Kim Jong-ho said that he had been unable to stand properly for the past week without painkillers due to back pain whose exact cause was unknown.

Jaewon Yang also suffered from novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and was not in normal physical condition.

Jaewon Yang, a soldier, will be discharged from the military in July of next year.

If he had won the gold medal that day, he could have been discharged early.

Jaewon Yang said, “Next time, I will prepare harder and bring back the memories of winning this silver medal so that I can win the gold medal.”

Joo Jae-hoon, who received a lot of attention as the 'national team member', was also disappointed with the silver medal.

Joo Jae-hoon said, “It would have been great if I could have won a gold medal since there was so much interest,” and added, “I will prepare harder for the remaining individual competitions.”

Joo Jae-hoon and Yang Jae-won will face off in the men's individual bronze medal match to be held on the 7th.