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night (28th) night in the men's badminton men's singles, Huh Kwang-hee, ranked 38th in the world, caused a huge surprise. They advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating the world's No. 1 Japanese player, a strong candidate for the championship.



Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.



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Kento Momota, the world's No. 1 player in the men's singles badminton, is a representative Japanese sports star who entered the opening ceremony with a five-wheeled flag.



Heo Kwang-hee, 38th place in the world, who met Momota, who was ranked first in the self-recognized gold medal candidate, was dragged 5-10 in the first set of the first set, and the match seemed to be already waning.



This is where the cataclysm began.



As Huh Kwang-hee's tenacious defense played, Momota made a lot of mistakes and the score gap narrowed.



Gwanghee Huh, who easily won the first set as Momota, who was embarrassed, kept pouring out mistakes, played a close battle until the last minute in the second set, and caught the match point with a lucky shot that hit the net and fell on the opponent's court 19-19, Momo, who could not pass the easy receive The last mistake of the player completed the set score 2-0.



Heo Kwang-hee, who became the main character of the biggest surprise at the Olympics for the first time in her life, went straight to the quarterfinals with two consecutive wins in the group stage.



--- The



archery team cruised towards the domination of all sports.



The women's team ace Chae-Young Kang lightly beat Ukraine's Marchenko through a strong wind in the first round of 32 at night this tournament, and the men's team ace Woo-jin Kim also easily passed the first and second rounds and advanced to the round of 16.