Double Champion Driven by Son's Strength... Lee Woo-seok Proclaims, "Daddy Won the Gold!"

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On the final day of the archery events, men's recurve archer Lee Woo-seok captured the individual gold medal. He secured his second title of the games with a final arrow released after whispering the name of his son, who was born three months ago.

Reporter Hong Seok-jun has the story from the scene.

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After Kim Je-deok was knocked out early in the Round of 16, Lee Woo-seok advanced to the final alone. He took the early lead by repeatedly piercing the dead center of the target against Japan's Nakanishi to win the first set.

After tying the second and third sets to enter the fourth with a 4-2 lead, he secured the momentum with two consecutive 10-point shots, and then repeated the name of his child born three months ago.

["Help me just this once, Do-yoon!"]

With a three-point lead, Lee Woo-seok secured his victory by shooting a 9-point arrow with his final shot. Holding the Taegeukgi, he savored the joy of becoming a double champion following his victory in the team event.

[Lee Woo-seok / Men's Recurve Archery National Team Member: "I think I kept repeating to myself, 'Help me just this once. There are only two shots left, one shot left.' Do-yoon, daddy won the gold!"]

Having collected silver in 2018 and bronze in 2023, Lee Woo-seok completed his collection of every color of medal in the Asian Games individual event, expressing overwhelming emotion.

[Lee Woo-seok: "Ah, it was so tough!"]

[Kim Woo-jin: "You've completed the gold, silver, and bronze collection!"]

[Lee Woo-seok / Men's Recurve Archery National Team Member: "I wanted to show that 'we are still strong and it is not time for us to lose yet,' and I think the overwhelming feeling was just relief that 'I was able to bring home the gold medal.'"]

Meanwhile, the women's recurve national team suffered the humiliation of failing to win a single gold medal at the Asian Games for the first time.

After Kang Chae-young fell to 17-year-old Indian newcomer Komalika Bari (Mohod) in the quarterfinals, Oh Ye-jin also lost to Mohod in a close shoot-off during the final, wrapping up both the team and individual events without a gold medal.

Faced with fierce pursuit from competing nations like India, South Korean recurve archery wrapped up the competition with a somewhat disappointing two gold medals for the world's strongest team.

(Video by Yang Doo-won | Video Editing by Yoon Tae-ho | Graphics by Choi Jae-young)
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