A heartfelt message from a legend to a legend "Thank you, Shi Hyun-ah"

Lim wins third archery title in 37 years

Yang Chang-hoon, who wrote the record at the time, won four titles.

Yang Chang-hoon, head coach of the South Korean women's recurve team at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, thanked his "junior," Lim Im-hyun (Korea Gymnastics).

Team Korea wrapped up the Asian Games on Sunday (July 7) with a gold medal in the women's individual event won by Lim Im-hyun (Korea Gymnastics Federation) and a bronze in the men's individual event won by Lee Woo-seok (Kolon).

Korea won four gold, one silver, and one bronze medal in recurve alone.

Most notably, Lee won the gold medal in the mixed team event, the women's team event, and the individual event of the day. It was the first time in 37 years that a triple champion was born. Before Im, there was Coach Yang.

Yang was a legend in Korean archery during his playing days. He made history when he won four gold medals at the 1986 Seoul Games.

At the time, archery awarded gold medals for each distance. Nowadays, the rules have changed and it"s not possible to win four gold medals. Three is the maximum. Yang was overjoyed to see his junior teammate rubbing shoulders with a new legend.

After the match, he said, "Shi Hyun-i is a junior and a student at the Korean Gymnastics Center. I want to say thank you, I want to say congratulations from the bottom of my heart. They shouldn't have lost a single game since the qualifiers, but they played perfectly," he praised.

"This team is 100 out of 100. I want to tell the players that they did a good job and congratulate them," he said, referring not only to Lim but also to all the players who suffered together.

When asked what his favorite match of the tournament was, Yang pointed to the women's team final against China. "We lost the third set, but Shi Hyun-i shot 10 points at the end to win," he said. That was the best part."

Yang also thanked the public for their support of the tournament. "We are very grateful to the people for their support and interest," Yang said. 스포츠토토링크