Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office) and Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis) of South Korea secured a bronze medal in mixed team archery by defeating Japan. Although they lost to China in the semifinals, they added a medal by winning the bronze match.
On October 2, at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games held at the Okazaki Central Multipurpose Park in Japan, Kim Je-deok and Kang Chae-young triumphed over Japan's Junya Nakanishi and Nanami Asakuno with a set score of 5-1 (39-35, 37-37, 37-35).
South Korea took the lead from the first set. Kim Je-deok started with a score of 9, followed by Kang Chae-young with a 10, and both athletes shot 10s to total 39 points. Japan managed only 35 points, giving South Korea the first two set points.
The second set ended in a tie, with both teams scoring 37 points. They split the set points, allowing South Korea to maintain a 3-1 lead.
South Korea sealed the victory in the third set, scoring 37 points while Japan scored 35. With this, South Korea added two more set points, finalizing the score at 5-1 and securing the bronze medal.
In the earlier semifinals, South Korea lost to China with a set score of 0-6 (32-37, 36-37, 34-37). This defeat ended their bid for a second consecutive title in the mixed team event following their victory at the 2022 Hangzhou Games.
South Korea had failed to win a medal in the mixed team event when it was first included in the Asian Games at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, but they won gold in 2022. With this bronze, they have now earned medals in consecutive mixed team events.
Kang Chae-young added her second medal of the day after winning silver in the women's recurve team event, while this was Kim Je-deok's first medal of the tournament.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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