The Netherlands would prove considerably tougher in the final as Gabriela Schloesser and Steve Wijler took the opening set 38-35 to lead 2-0.īack came the favourites with An's closing 10 in set two levelling it up, and Wijler's six with his final arrow in set three handed Korea a 4-2 lead.īoth teams produced their best in the fourth set with the Dutch hitting three 10s in their score of 39. With a combined age of 37, AN San and KIM Je Deok, cruised through to the final with comfortable wins over Bangladesh, India and Mexico. With one man and one woman in each team, firing two arrows apiece in each set, this was perhaps the competition which might see the mighty Koreans dethroned after their clean sweep of golds in Rio 2016. The first archery gold to be decided at Tokyo 2020 was in the new mixed team event. Here are some of the highlights from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which took place in 2021. Read on for some of the most memorable moments, a recap of the medal winners, and who to look out for at Paris 2024.
Youth most definitely held sway at these Games, although London 2012 individual gold medallist OH Jinhyek won team gold at the age of 39. Having clinched all four golds on offer in Rio, South Korea's archers won the first Olympic mixed team competition on their way to four golds in Tokyo.īut all three men failed to make the semi-finals of the individual competition with Mete Gazoz taking gold for Turkey's first Olympic archery medal. Led by the brilliant AN San, the Republic of Korea almost repeated their Rio 2016 golden sweep at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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