Kim Woo-jin wins men’s individual archery title for 3rd gold in Paris

Kim Woo-jin, center, of Korea and compatriot Lee Woo-seok, right, pose after winning a gold medal and a bronze, respectively, in the men's archery individual event at the Paris Olympics at Invalides in Paris, Sunday. At left is silver medalist Brady Ellison of the United States. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Kim Woo-jin captured the men’s individual archery title Sunday for his third gold medal of the Paris Olympics, giving South Korea a clean sweep of archery gold medals in the process.

Kim defeated Brady Ellison of the United States in a shoot-off in the final at Invalides in Paris and became the second triple gold medalist for South Korea at the ongoing Olympics, joining fellow archer Lim Si-hyeon.

Kim previously won the men’s team and mixed team gold medals in Paris, while Lim also went 3-for-3 in the women’s individual, women’s team and mixed team events.

With five career gold medals, Kim also 한국을 became the most decorated South Korean Olympian, breaking a tie with three others.

He is the third South Korean man to win an Olympic individual title, joining Oh Jin-hyek in 2012 and Gu Bon-chan in 2016.

“I am so pleased to have made history,” Kim said. “I didn’t have any individual medal before this. I am really happy that I’ve finished this puzzle.”

In individual archery matches, each archer takes three arrows per set, and the one with the higher score earns two points for a set win. A tie is worth one point. The objective is to score six points first. If a match is tied after five sets, archers go to a single-arrow shoot-off.

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