Miraculous 12-Straight 10-Point Show... Kim Jong-ho Wins Archery's First Gold Medal

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In archery, Kim Jong-ho won the gold medal in the men's individual compound event. Shooting an astounding 12 consecutive 10s, he became the first South Korean to claim the top spot in the men's individual compound event.

Jeon Yeongmin reports from the scene.

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In the individual semifinals, Kim Jong-ho convincingly avenged his painful defeat from the team semifinals against the Indian archer, winning by a 4-point margin this time.

He then put on a legendary display of archery skills in the final against his opponent from Chinese Taipei.

Unlike the recurve format, the individual compound event does not use a set system. Instead, archers shoot a total of 15 arrows across five ends of three arrows each, competing on cumulative scores. After taking a 1-point lead in the first end, Kim began an unbelievable streak of 10s starting with his very first arrow in the second end.

[It does not stop! Kim Jong-ho!]

Building momentum by hitting dead center of the target without a single mistake, he sealed his victory with a 12th consecutive 10, hitting the inner 10-ring x-ten with his very last arrow.

[It is in! 10 points! Gold medal 10 points!]

Kim, a team gold medalist at the 2018 Jakarta Games, has now claimed his first individual gold medal and his fourth career Asian Games medal.

[Kim Jong-ho / National Compound Archery Athlete: (During the last arrow) My heart felt like it was going to jump right out of my mouth with all that pounding, but I thought, I have come all the way here, so let me hold my form and shoot until the very end. Mom, Dad, I finally won one. I will bring it home for you to see.]

Kim is the first South Korean archer to win the gold medal in the men's individual compound event, which is being held for the third time at the Asian Games.

In the women's individual event, 14-year-old youngest team member Kang Yeon-seo defeated senior teammate Park Jung-yoon to capture her second bronze medal, following her team event bronze.

[Kang Yeon-seo / National Compound Archery Athlete: I won a bronze medal!]

As the compound events concluded on a high note with a gold medal, the powerhouse recurve national team begins its quest to sweep all five gold medals starting today (October 2).

(Video by Choi Dae-woong | Video Editing by Jeon Min-gyu | Graphics by Yang Gi-tae | Footage courtesy of Kim Jong-ho's SNS)
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