Korean men pull each other to capture archery world title at home

GWANGJU — While preparing for his first world championship on home soil this month, South Korean recurve archer Lee Woo-seok felt so stressed out that he even had to check into an emergency room with an illness. Even with years of international experience, which includes winning the men's team gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the pressure of competing at the World Archery Championships at home, and doing so for one of the biggest archery powers at that, proved too much for the 28-year-old. Lee leaned on his two teammates, Kim Woo-jin and Kim Je-deok, for some moral support. That they have been together for several years and won the 2024 Olympic medal together certainly helped. And Wednesday at the May 18 Democracy Plaza in Gwangju, 270 kilometers south of Seoul, the trio added another title to their resume by beating the United States in the men's team final 6-0 (56-55, 57-55, 59-56). "I am still not 100 percent healthy, and I was worried that I was going to hurt the team," Lee said afterword. "So I kept asking Woo-jin and Je-deok to feed me some positive words and take some presWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times