Shingung Sweeps the Men\s and Women\s Team Event
[Asian Games] "Shingung" sweeps the men"s and women"s team event and Lee Do-hyeon takes on the climbing gold challenge
The male and female national team athletes representing the country of "God"s Archery" challenge to sweep the archery team event.
The men"s team, consisting of Lee Woo-seok (Kolon), Oh Jin-hyuk (Hyundai Steel), and Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office).
The women"s team, consisting of Im Si-hyeon (Korea National Sport University), Ansan (Gwangju Women"s University), and Choi Mi-seon (Gwangju Bank), will compete at 9 a.m. on the 6th.
They are aiming for a gold medal in the archery recurve men"s and women"s team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China, in 40 minutes (Korean time).
The match will be held first in the order of the women"s quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal match, and the men"s quarterfinals will begin at 2:30 p.m.
The women"s team will start the quarterfinals against Indonesia and the men"s team will face Japan.
Im Si-hyun and An San advanced to the finals of the individual recurve event and are working hard to jointly win the gold medal in the team event a day before the gold medal "family feast" to be held on the 7th.
Im Si-hyun, the ‘youngest ace’, enjoyed an upward trend by mining the first gold vein of Korean archery in this tournament in the mixed team event (mixed event) in which he competed in a pair with Woo-seok Lee (Kolon) on the 4th.
The men"s national team, where Lee Woo-seok and Oh Jin-hyuk both missed out on medals in the individual event, pledges to regain their honor in the team event by demonstrating teamwork.
Lee Do-hyeon (Black Yak), a sports climbing gold medal hopeful, is aiming to win the men"s combined (lead and bouldering) event held at the Shaoxing Keqiao Yangsan Sports Climbing Center.
Leading is an event in which the climber climbs the highest within 6 minutes by wearing safety gear and holding on to an artificial structure installed on a 15m high rock wall.
The climb is completed by hanging a rope on the quickdraw installed at the highest point.
Bouldering is a sport in which players pass through various artificial structures installed on a 4.5m high rock wall within 4 minutes without ropes.
Korea expects two gold medals in the men"s and women"s combined individual event featuring Lee Do-hyun and Seo Chae-hyeon (The North Face, Seoul City Hall).
North Korea"s women"s soccer team will play the final against Japan at Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center Stadium at 9 p.m.
If North Korea defeats Japan, South Korea, which is competing with Japan for second place in the overall rankings, will benefit.
If North Korea lifts the trophy for the fourth time, it will become the country with the most wins in women"s soccer at the Asian Games.