Nam-gu Office Archery Lee Seung-yoon, ‘green light’ to participate in home banquet

2025 Archery National Team 2nd Round Selection
Kim Su-rin, An San, Choi Mi-seon, and Oh Ye-jin promise to be the main characters.
Suncheon City Hall Nam Soo-hyun and national team member Lee Eun-kyung are in good health.

Seungyoon Lee (Nam-gu Office, far right) passed the second round of the 2025 archery national recurve selection round to select the national team for the 2025 Gwangju World Archery Championships. Provided by Gwangju City Archery Association.

Seungyoon Lee (Nam-gu Office) passed the 2025 archery national team recurve second round selection for the 2025 Gwangju World Archery Championships.

Lee Seung-yoon, the 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist, recorded a total of 46 points in the men’s second qualifying round that ended at the Kim Su-nyeong Archery Range in Cheongju on the 2nd and settled in the round of 20 at 18th place.

The Taegeuk Warriors at the Paris Olympics also showed off their health. Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall, 94 points), who won three gold medals in men’s archery at the Paris Olympics, ranked first in the men’s division, Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office, 91 points) ranked second, and Lee Woo-seok (Kolon Xten Boys, 73 points) ranked fifth.

Lee Seung-yoon, who was the only male player from Gwangju and Jeonnam to pass the second round, said, “As the World Championships will be held in my home next year, I definitely want to stand there as a leading role rather than a supporting role.” He added, “With the determination to ‘start again’, I will go back to the beginning and go through the selection process.” “I will make up for the shortcomings that were revealed and show a better performance in the third round of selection,” he said. He continued, “I am grateful to Nam-gu Office Chief Kim Byeong-nae, Nam-gu Office executives and staff, and my teammates for always providing me with strong support and support. I will do my best to ensure that my support is not in vain and become the protagonist of the Taegeuk mark.”

In the women’s division, Kim Su-rin (Gwangju City Hall, 84 points), who passed the first round of selection in 3rd place, ranked 3rd, while Nam Soo-hyun (Suncheon City Hall, 77 points), the star of 10 consecutive women’s archery wins at the Paris Olympics, ranked 5th, and Ansan, winner of three gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, ranked 5th. (Gwangju Bank Tenten Archery Team, 74 points) ranked 8th, and 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist Choi Mi-seon (Gwangju Bank Tenten Archery Team, 71 points) ranked 9th, aiming for a repeat of glory.

2024 Women’s National Archery Team Oh Ye-jin (Gwangju Women’s University, 69 points) and Lee Eun-kyung (Suncheon City Hall, 43 points) passed the second round in 10th and 17th place, respectively, and are determined to shake off the disappointment of not making it to Paris and take on a shining challenge in Gwangju. .

First place in the women’s division was taken by emerging powerhouse Yeom Hye-jeong (Kyung Hee University, 90 points), and second place went to Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis, 88 points).

Paris Olympics Taegeuk warrior Jeon Hoon-yeong (Incheon City Hall, 76 points) was ranked 7th, and Im Si-hyeon (Korea National Sport University, 62 points) was ranked 11th.

20 men and women who passed the second round of selection will advance to the third round of selection, scheduled for March-April next year.

They will compete fiercely again from the starting point without reverse point allocation to select the 2025 national archery team, with eight men and women each.

The eight men and women on the national team will participate in a final ranking evaluation match, and the top three men and women will receive tickets to the Gwangju World Archery Championships.

The World Archery Championships, which will be held in Gwangju for the first time in 16 years following Seoul in 1985 and Ulsan in 2009, will be held at the Gwangju International Archery Range from September 5 to 12 next year.

Reporter Jaehyuk Lee leeporter5125@mdilbo.com