South Korea’s women’s archery team led by An San clinched country’s 9th straight Olympic gold medal on Sunday at the Tokyo Games. South Korea has never lost since the women’s team event was added to the Olympic program at the 1988 Seoul Games. A fresh-off a win in the Olympic debut of the mixed team competition; combined with Kang Chae-young and Jang Minhee to beat the Russian Olympic Committee by a comprehensive 6-0 margin in tricky wind conditions at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field. Secondly, The nine straight gold medals in the women’s team competition put South Korea in some exclusive company. They join the USA men’s swimming 4×100 medley relay and the Kenyans in the men’s steeplechase for the longest active Olympic winning streaks.
It’s a third #gold for An San of #KOR!
She adds the gold medal in the women’s individual #archery competition to her women’s and mixed team golds.#StrongerTogether | #Tokyo2020 | @worldarchery pic.twitter.com/JKkiJ1TAbe
— Olympics (@Olympics) July 30, 2021
S. Korean men are demanding the Korean Archery Association to take back the gold medals from Olympic record-breaking archer An San, alleging that “she’s a short-haired feminist.”
And it’s only the most recent episode in a barrage of mounting anti-feminist backlash here.
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— solidarity.kr_ (@solidarity_kr) July 29, 2021
An San winning gold with permission to dance in the bg!!!😭👏🏽👏🏽#Archery pic.twitter.com/2RaV5yHIll
— 🧈ᴮᴱ IMISSY🍊🍊NGIIIIIIII😔 ⁷ (@yooongers1) July 30, 2021
An San on Finals of Tokyo Olympics:
Lastly, Jang secured the win with a “9” on her final arrow. Moreover, They cruised past the Russian Olympic Committee; which was represented by Svetlana Gomboeva, Elena Osipova, and Ksenia Perova. Furthermore, Gomboeva suffered a scare in the ranking round Friday when the 23-year-old collapsed because of the extreme heat. Further, Germany settled with bronze after a 5-1 win over Belarus. The German squad was made up of Michelle Kroppen, Charline Schwarz, and Lisa Unruh; who wrapped up the medal with a “10” on the final arrow. Unruh was second in the individual competition at the 2016 Rio Games. Similarly, The women’s team competition consists of each squad shooting six arrows — two for each athlete; as part of a set. Additionally, The team with the highest score receives two set points. The first team to pick up five set points is the winner.