Third Olympic title for Korean An San in Tokyo. At 20, the archer won the individual event this Friday, after removing the team tournament and the mixed.
Author of the Olympic record in qualifying (680 points), An San beat Russia’s Elena Osipova in the final (6-5). Italian Lucilla Boari won bronze against American Mackenzie Brown (7-1).
Korea’s 10th in a row for women
A surprise: the compatriots of An San, imperial by teams, do not appear on the podium. Jang Minhee, second in qualifying, was out in the round of 16. Kang Chaeyoung, third in qualifying, was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Elena Osipova.
Korea, which won everything in Rio in 2016, therefore holds its 9th Olympic title in ten editions for women, the 19th medal out of 30 possible since 1984.
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