The South Korean men's archery recurve team, consisting of Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office), and Lee Woo-seok (Kolon), defeated India to win the gold medal in the recurve team event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
The team triumphed over India with a set score of 5-1 (56-56, 57-50, 56-54) in the final held on October 2 at the Okazaki Central Multipurpose Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Korea and India started the match with a tie in the first set at 56-56, resulting in a set score of 1-1. Korea then won the second set 57-50, taking a 3-1 lead.
In the third set, both teams were tied at 28-28 after the first three arrows. However, India's fourth arrow scored only 7 points, giving Korea an opportunity. India finished the set with 54 points, while Lee Woo-seok scored 10 points, Kim Je-deok 9 points, and anchor Kim Woo-jin 9 points, allowing Korea to secure the third set 56-54 and clinch the gold medal.
With this victory, Korea achieved back-to-back gold medals in the men's recurve team event, following their win at the 2022 Hangzhou Games. Korea previously dominated this event, winning eight consecutive titles from the 1982 New Delhi Games to the 2010 Guangzhou Games, and now has a total of 10 gold medals in this category.
Kim Je-deok and Lee Woo-seok have now won gold medals in the men's team event for two consecutive tournaments, while Kim Woo-jin, a member of the 2010 Guangzhou championship team, returned to the top after 16 years.
India faced Korea in both the men's and women's recurve team events on the same day. Earlier, in the women's team final, the South Korean team of Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis), Oh Ye-jin (Gwangju Bank), and Lee Yoon-ji (Hyundai Mobis) lost to India with a set score of 5-3, ending Korea's seven-year winning streak in the Asian Games women's recurve team event.
The men's team secured Korea's first gold medal of the tournament with their 5-1 victory over India, while the women's team earned a silver medal, and the mixed team event featuring Kim Je-deok and Kang Chae-young brought home a bronze medal.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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