▲ South Korea's Lee Woo-seok and Kim Woo-jin watch Kim Je-deok draw his bow during the semifinals of the recurve men's team archery event against Taiwan at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Ground in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the 2nd.
The South Korean men's recurve archery team has conquered the team event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
The men's national team, consisting of Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Lee Woo-seok (Kolon), and Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office), defeated India with a set score of 5-1 (56-56, 57-50, 56-54) in the recurve team final held on the 2nd at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Ground in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, claiming the top spot on the podium.
This marks South Korea's 32nd gold medal of the current tournament and the second gold medal in archery.
South Korea's first archery gold medal was won by Kim Jong-ho (Hyundai Steel), who triumphed in the compound men's individual event.
Kim Woo-jin, a member of the gold-medal-winning team at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, combined with his teammates to win another gold medal 16 years later.
Lee Woo-seok and Kim Je-deok, champions of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, secured team gold medals for the second consecutive time.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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