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| Kim Woo-jin of South Korea shoots his arrow during the quarterfinals of the men's individual archery event at the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo from World Archery) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] TOKYO -- Kim Woo-jin was knocked out in the men's individual archery event at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, unable to help South Korea complete a clean sweep of gold medals in Japan. Kim lost to Tang Chih-Chun of Chinese Taipei by the set score of 6-4 in the quarterfinals at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo.
He was the last South Korean man left standing in the individual competition, with Oh Jin-hyek and Kim Je-deok long gone from the picture. In the individual match, archers each shoot three arrows per set. A set win is worth two points, and a tie is good for one point. The first to reach six points is the winner. But if two archers are tied after five sets, they go to a shoot-off, with the higher score or the arrow closer to 10 earning the victory.
Kim and Tang both shot 28 in the first set, and Tang took the lead by beating Kim 29-27 in the next set. Kim pulled even at 3-3 by winning the next set. Then the two archers put up a 28 each, and they were tied 4-4 going into the final set in regulation. Kim blinked first, shooting an 8 with his first arrow of the fifth set.
