South Korea’s incredible run in archery continued with Saturday’s guaranteed gold medal match, where Lim Si-hyeon defeated Nam Su-hyeon 7-3 at Invalides.
Lim and Nam split the first set 29-29 before Lim claimed three of four to win gold (29-26, 30-27, 29-30, 28-26).
“Since last year I’ve been dreaming of this moment,” Lim said. “I wanted to put on a performance and a result. I put a lot of effort into doing it. I’m so grateful and happy.”
Earlier, France’s Lisa Barbelin completed a long road from the 30th-rank to the podium.
Barbelin, a three-time European champion, beat the Nos. 35, 3, 19, and 6 seeds to come out of Section 3, losing to Nam in the semifinal before out-shooting Jeon Hun-young 6-4 (28-27, 27-29, 28-26, 26-29, 28-27) to claim bronze.
Lim said going up against teammates Jeon and Nam actually made the experience a bit easier.
“It’s not like I was extra nervous because I met my teammate,” Lim said. “In the semifinal I met Jeon and we were saying, ’One of us will get a medal so it’s OK’, instead of thinking of the result I wanted.”
Results: Archery — Women’s Individual
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