Two-time Olympic champion Kim Woo-jin finished first in the men's individual archery ranking round of the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Kim scored 686 points out of a maximum 720 points at Les Invalides in the French capital to grab the top seed for the individual tournament, which begins Tuesday with the round of 64. The 32-year-old won gold medals in the men's team event at each of the past two Olympics but he has never won an individual medal. As the top male performer for South Korea in the ranking round, Kim will compete in the mixed team event alongside the top female archer from earlier Thursday, Lim Si-hyeon. Lim set the world record with 694 points. Kim's countryman Kim Je-deok, a double gold medalist in Tokyo three years ago, finished second with 682 points. The third member of the South Korean team, Lee Woo-seok, ranked fifth with 681 points. The trio combined for 2,049 points, putting South Korea atop the team rankings. South Korea earned a bye to the quarterfinals of the team competition, sch eduled for Monday. South Korea has won the past two men's team gold medals, and produced the men's individual champion in 2012 and 2016. South Korea leads the all-time Olympic archery medal table with 27 gold medals and 43 medals overall. Source: Yonhap News Agency
Sunday, September 08, 2024