GWANGJU ASIA CUP SHOWS OFF KOREAN AND JAPANESE FIREPOWER
The Gwangju Asia Cup Leg 1 was held in South Korea from 6-11 June. While underattended by recent international standards, teams from Bangladesh, Japan, Malaysia and Tajikistan joined the hosts at the world ranking event.
It was the younger members of the Korean recurve team that triumphed, as 17-year-old Kim Je Deok and 22-year-old Jang Minhee won the men's and women's competitions respectively. Minhee beat 20-year-old An San, also on the Tokyo-bound team.
The best non-korean result in Gwangju came from Yuki Kawata of Japan, who beat veteran teammate and Olympic silver medallist Takaharu Furukawa to recurve men’s bronze.
Kim Woojin (with a 697), Kim Jongho (712) and So Chaewon (710) broke the Asian records for qualification, at the Korean squad’s first international event in more than 12 months.