Im Si-hyeon and Kim Woo-jin are eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Yecheon Archery World Cup mix

In the individual competition, smooth sailing Im Si-hyun, Jeon Hoon-young, Kim Woo-jin, and Lee Woo-seok advance to the semifinals

Im Si-hyun (Korea National Sport University) and Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) were eliminated early from the mixed team event in the second round of the 2024 Hyundai Archery World Cup.

Im Si-hyun and Kim Woo-jin lost to France's Lisa Vabelin and Baptiste Addis 2-6 (37-39 39-38 37-38 36-37) in the mixed team quarterfinals on the fourth day of the tournament held at Jinho International Archery Range in Yecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 24th. .

Im Si-hyun and Kim Woo-jin, who received top seeds and skipped the first round and went straight to the round of 16, won 5-3 (39-38 38-38 37-37 38-38) against American powerhouses Casey Koppold and Brady Ellison in the first game. It started off smoothly, but was caught by France.

Im Si-hyun and Kim Woo-jin teamed up to win the first competition held in Shanghai last month.

With Korean men's and women's archery ace Kim Woo-jin and Im Si-hyeon eliminated, the recurve team's goal of sweeping five gold medals at home could not be achieved.

In the individual competition, Taegeuk archers cruised. Two players each, male and female, advanced to the semifinals.

In the women's quarterfinals, Im Si-hyun defeated Elia Canales (Spain) 6-5 (25-26 29-26 27-27 27-27 24-24 <10-8>) in a close shoot-off, and Jeon Hoon-young (Incheon City Hall) ) won against Reza Octavia (Indonesia) 6-2 (27-26 28-28 25-25 26-24).

In the men's individual event, Lee Woo-seok (Kolon) defeated Addis 6-5 (29-28 29-29 28-27 24-25 26-28 <10-9>), and Kim Woo-jin defeated Florian Unruh (Germany) 6-0 (26). -25 29-27 28-26) and advanced to the semifinals.

The recurve team reached the finals for both men and women in the team competition the previous day and is aiming for the championship.

All gold medalists in the recurve event will be decided on the 26th.

In the compound mixed team event, Korea's Seungyeon Han (Korea National Sport University) and Jaewon Yang (Sangmu) narrowly lost 157-158 to 'Asia's strongest team' India in the semifinals and were pushed to the third place match.

Seungyeon Han and Jaewon Yang will attempt to win a bronze medal against Colombia on the 25th. 고스톱