<Anchor> The
world's strongest Korean archery team hit the gold medal target for two days in a row.
In the women's team event, three athletes, Ansan, Kang Chae-young, and Jang Min-hee, set a record for gold medals for the ninth consecutive Olympic Games.
Ansan has already won two gold medals.
Reporter Park Chan-beom reports.
<Reporter> It's
their first Olympics, but they couldn't be more perfect.
Ansan opened the door as the first shooter, and the eldest sister, Kang Chae-young, took the center, and Jang Min-hee finished neatly.
While Je-deok Kim, the 'symbol of fighting', was enthusiastically cheering for him,
[Korea Fighting!]
Our players scored 9 or more out of 36 shots they shot until the semifinals, and won without giving up a single set.
The first set of the final against Russia was the most thrilling.
The last shooter, Min-hee Jang, who had to shoot 10 points, scored 10 points as expected, resulting in a win by one point, and in the second set, Ansan scored two arrows with all 10 points and won a complete victory.
They won the 3rd set without a single crisis and confirmed the championship.
This is the ninth consecutive gold medal in the women's team event in archery at the Olympics.
[Kang Chae-young / National Archery National Team: As we have been preparing in a difficult situation due to Corona 19, it is an honor for all three of us to hang a gold medal around our neck... .]
[Minhee Jang / National Archery Representative: I am really happy that archery can win 9 straight victories. The practice seems to have come out well, so I'm even more happy.]
Ansan won the first two gold medals in the tournament.
[Ansan/Archery National Team: Because the goal has been achieved, I want to enjoy the individual match and have fun without regrets.] The
three players on the podium celebrated their victory with a 'Heart Shooting Ceremony', and the national anthem rang for two days in a row. .
The national team is determined to sweep all the gold medals in the remaining men's team events and women's and men's individual events to dominate all events.
(Video coverage: Yang Hyun-cheol, video editing: Park Chun-bae, CG: Uhm So-min)