Kim Okgeum-Park Hongjo, Hangzhou ParaAG Archery Mixed Doubles
Kim Ok-geum (63, Gwangju Metropolitan Government), an amputee, and Park Hong-jo (40, Seoul Metropolitan Government), who has a spinal cord injury, pulled off a thrilling upset to win gold in the archery mixed W1 doubles event.
Kim Ok-geum and Park Hong-jo defeated China 144-141 in the archery mixed W1 doubles final at the Hangzhou 2022 Para-Asian Games on Saturday at the Fuyininhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China.
Entering the final four ends trailing by one point at 106-107, they shot 38 points to China's 34.
This is the first gold medal for Korean archery at the Games.
The team of Kim Ok-geum and Park Hong-jo, who competed together at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games and lost to China in the final, changed their medal color from silver to gold after five years.
The compound mixed doubles event requires two people to take turns shooting a bow in 20 seconds per person. On this day, Kim Ok-geum shot first, followed by Park Hong-jo.
"The strategy was for Kim Ok-geum to shoot steadily and Park Hong-jo to finish without making mistakes. Both of them have a lot of courage and are good at competing."
In the final end, China shot 9, 9, 7, 9, while Korea shot 10, 8, 10, 10.
"We have seen that foreign teams are physically stronger in international competitions, and we have made improvements. The Korea Institute of Sports Policy and Science did a good job of designing a personalized fitness, strength and concentration training program for each player, and the players persevered and followed it well."
"It's not like they can shoot 11-pointers, and we thought we could win if we did our job well," said Park Hong-jo. My sister-in-law shot well and the Korean team cheered us on with all their hearts because they were thirsty, so we won the gold medal."
Kim, who has won medals at the Paralympic Games and World Championships but never a gold medal, said, "I endured a tough time with physical training and night workouts. I am grateful to my coaches, colleagues, and researchers at the Institute for Policy Studies."
"I will humbly prepare for a second gold medal," said Kim, who will compete in the individual competition on Aug. 28.
There are nine gold medals up for grabs in archery at the Games. Korea is aiming for three gold medals.
On the 27th, Kwak Gun-hwi (Gyeongnam Para Archery Association) will compete in the recurve open individual event.
"Kwak is in good shape," said Lee, who also qualified for the Paris Paralympics. We will try to win the recurve gold medal, which Korea has not won at the last two Para Asian Games, Incheon 2014 and Jakarta-Palembang 2018," Lee said. 19가이드03
Kim Ok-geum and Park Hong-jo defeated China 144-141 in the archery mixed W1 doubles final at the Hangzhou 2022 Para-Asian Games on Saturday at the Fuyininhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China.
Entering the final four ends trailing by one point at 106-107, they shot 38 points to China's 34.
This is the first gold medal for Korean archery at the Games.
The team of Kim Ok-geum and Park Hong-jo, who competed together at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games and lost to China in the final, changed their medal color from silver to gold after five years.
The compound mixed doubles event requires two people to take turns shooting a bow in 20 seconds per person. On this day, Kim Ok-geum shot first, followed by Park Hong-jo.
"The strategy was for Kim Ok-geum to shoot steadily and Park Hong-jo to finish without making mistakes. Both of them have a lot of courage and are good at competing."
In the final end, China shot 9, 9, 7, 9, while Korea shot 10, 8, 10, 10.
"We have seen that foreign teams are physically stronger in international competitions, and we have made improvements. The Korea Institute of Sports Policy and Science did a good job of designing a personalized fitness, strength and concentration training program for each player, and the players persevered and followed it well."
"It's not like they can shoot 11-pointers, and we thought we could win if we did our job well," said Park Hong-jo. My sister-in-law shot well and the Korean team cheered us on with all their hearts because they were thirsty, so we won the gold medal."
Kim, who has won medals at the Paralympic Games and World Championships but never a gold medal, said, "I endured a tough time with physical training and night workouts. I am grateful to my coaches, colleagues, and researchers at the Institute for Policy Studies."
"I will humbly prepare for a second gold medal," said Kim, who will compete in the individual competition on Aug. 28.
There are nine gold medals up for grabs in archery at the Games. Korea is aiming for three gold medals.
On the 27th, Kwak Gun-hwi (Gyeongnam Para Archery Association) will compete in the recurve open individual event.
"Kwak is in good shape," said Lee, who also qualified for the Paris Paralympics. We will try to win the recurve gold medal, which Korea has not won at the last two Para Asian Games, Incheon 2014 and Jakarta-Palembang 2018," Lee said. 19가이드03
'Captain' Son Heung-min, 'Rookie' Lee Kang-in look to continue 'goal storm' into weekend [sports news]
Tottenham travels to Palace on the 28th and PSG travels to Brest on the 29th
South Korean national soccer team captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and newcomer Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain-PSG) will look to continue their goal-scoring spree this weekend.
Son Heung-min's Tottenham Hotspur will host Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in England on Aug. 28 (4 a.m. ET) in the 10th round of the 2023-2024 English Professional Soccer Premier League (EPL).
Unbeaten in nine matches (7 wins, 2 draws) since the start of the season, Tottenham is at the top of the league table with 23 points.
The team lost its signature striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich (Germany) ahead of the season, but Son Heung-min has stepped up to the plate with the captain's armband.
After becoming the first Asian player to lead the EPL in goals (23) in the 2021-2022 season, Heung-min is back to his goal-scoring best this season.
He has seven goals and one assist in nine games. He was on fire in Tottenham's 2-0 home win over Fulham in Round 9, scoring the opening goal and setting up James Maddison's second.
Their opponents, Palace, are 11th in the league (12 points) and have had some defensive ups and downs this season. They conceded four goals in their last game against Newcastle United.
Another positive for Tottenham is that Son Heung-min is a Palace killer. He has scored seven goals against Palace since joining Spurs in 2015.
He also scored a brace in the first meeting between the two sides last season in a 4-0 win.
Lee, who won a gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, scored his debut goal for Klinsmann's A side in October.
Lee's club, PSG, will host Brest in the 10th round of the French Ligue 1 at 9 p.m. on Sept. 29.
PSG is currently third in the league with 18 points, two points behind leader AS Monaco (20 points).
Lee came on as a second-half substitute against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League group stage on Oct. 26 and scored his first goal for PSG and his first Champions League goal.
Lee has continued his upward trend since returning to the club after scoring three goals and adding an assist in two October friendlies against Tunisia and Vietnam.
Their opponents, Brest, are fifth in the league (15 points).
With PSG ahead on paper, and with Kylian Mbappe, Gonzalo Higuain, and Randal Kolo Moani all finding the back of the net lately, it should be a comfortable win.
Hwang Hee-chan, who plays for Wolverhampton in the EPL, will host Newcastle on Sept. 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the EPL Round 10 home game.
Wolverhampton is 12th in the league with 11 points, while Newcastle is 6th in the league with 16 points.
Hwang Hee-chan, who picked up his first assist against Bournemouth on Sept. 21, has five goals (one assist) in the league this season. 19가이드03
South Korean national soccer team captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and newcomer Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain-PSG) will look to continue their goal-scoring spree this weekend.
Son Heung-min's Tottenham Hotspur will host Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in England on Aug. 28 (4 a.m. ET) in the 10th round of the 2023-2024 English Professional Soccer Premier League (EPL).
Unbeaten in nine matches (7 wins, 2 draws) since the start of the season, Tottenham is at the top of the league table with 23 points.
The team lost its signature striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich (Germany) ahead of the season, but Son Heung-min has stepped up to the plate with the captain's armband.
After becoming the first Asian player to lead the EPL in goals (23) in the 2021-2022 season, Heung-min is back to his goal-scoring best this season.
He has seven goals and one assist in nine games. He was on fire in Tottenham's 2-0 home win over Fulham in Round 9, scoring the opening goal and setting up James Maddison's second.
Their opponents, Palace, are 11th in the league (12 points) and have had some defensive ups and downs this season. They conceded four goals in their last game against Newcastle United.
Another positive for Tottenham is that Son Heung-min is a Palace killer. He has scored seven goals against Palace since joining Spurs in 2015.
He also scored a brace in the first meeting between the two sides last season in a 4-0 win.
Lee, who won a gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, scored his debut goal for Klinsmann's A side in October.
Lee's club, PSG, will host Brest in the 10th round of the French Ligue 1 at 9 p.m. on Sept. 29.
PSG is currently third in the league with 18 points, two points behind leader AS Monaco (20 points).
Lee came on as a second-half substitute against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League group stage on Oct. 26 and scored his first goal for PSG and his first Champions League goal.
Lee has continued his upward trend since returning to the club after scoring three goals and adding an assist in two October friendlies against Tunisia and Vietnam.
Their opponents, Brest, are fifth in the league (15 points).
With PSG ahead on paper, and with Kylian Mbappe, Gonzalo Higuain, and Randal Kolo Moani all finding the back of the net lately, it should be a comfortable win.
Hwang Hee-chan, who plays for Wolverhampton in the EPL, will host Newcastle on Sept. 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the EPL Round 10 home game.
Wolverhampton is 12th in the league with 11 points, while Newcastle is 6th in the league with 16 points.
Hwang Hee-chan, who picked up his first assist against Bournemouth on Sept. 21, has five goals (one assist) in the league this season. 19가이드03
France's 'war on bedbugs' also pops up on trains ahead of 2024 Olympics [sports news]
Every year, millions of tourists head to Paris, France, worried about pickpockets, hustlers, and high prices. Now there's one more thing to worry about. Bedbugs.
On March 3, Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire wrote a letter to French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron urging a solution to the bedbug problem, according to the BBC and other outlets.
"As France prepares to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the country must urgently develop a plan of action against this scourge," Gregoire wrote.
French Transport Minister Clement Vaughan also wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) that he plans to meet with public transport operators to discuss the issue in order to "reassure and protect public transport users."
France has been plagued by bedbugs in recent years, with videos of bedbug outbreaks in public spaces such as trains and movie theaters going viral on social media.
In 2018, the last year of the bedbug epidemic, 400,000 locations, including hotels, hospitals, and apartments, were reportedly infested, and a report released in July by the French National Agency for Food, Environment, Occupational Safety and Health (ANSES) found that between 2017 and 2022, more than one in 10 households across France had bedbugs.
"It's mainly the movement of people that brings bedbugs," Joanna Pite of ANSES told CNN, "and their numbers are increasing because they are becoming more and more resistant to insecticides."
"We're seeing more resistant bed bug populations, so there's no miraculous way to get rid of them," she added.
When asked about the rise in immigration, French Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau said, "It has nothing to do with immigration," noting that "when (people) return from abroad, they may bring bed bugs with them." 19가이드03
On March 3, Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire wrote a letter to French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron urging a solution to the bedbug problem, according to the BBC and other outlets.
"As France prepares to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the country must urgently develop a plan of action against this scourge," Gregoire wrote.
French Transport Minister Clement Vaughan also wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) that he plans to meet with public transport operators to discuss the issue in order to "reassure and protect public transport users."
France has been plagued by bedbugs in recent years, with videos of bedbug outbreaks in public spaces such as trains and movie theaters going viral on social media.
In 2018, the last year of the bedbug epidemic, 400,000 locations, including hotels, hospitals, and apartments, were reportedly infested, and a report released in July by the French National Agency for Food, Environment, Occupational Safety and Health (ANSES) found that between 2017 and 2022, more than one in 10 households across France had bedbugs.
"It's mainly the movement of people that brings bedbugs," Joanna Pite of ANSES told CNN, "and their numbers are increasing because they are becoming more and more resistant to insecticides."
"We're seeing more resistant bed bug populations, so there's no miraculous way to get rid of them," she added.
When asked about the rise in immigration, French Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau said, "It has nothing to do with immigration," noting that "when (people) return from abroad, they may bring bed bugs with them." 19가이드03
"I was upset by Japan, but I hope the juniors will win again," says Kim Dan-bi
Kim Dan-bi looks for a pass during the women's basketball semifinal match between South Korea and Japan at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday.
As Kim Dan-bi (33, Woori Bank) hangs up her national colors at the end of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, she was presented with a bouquet of flowers to commemorate her retirement from the national team by her closest opponents in the final game between South Korea and Japan.
It wasn't all good memories. The women's basketball team suffered a devastating defeat, once again confirming the current status of Korean basketball behind Japan.
After the 58-81 loss to Japan in the women's basketball quarterfinals at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, on March 3, Kim Dan-bi said, "I'm grateful to all the players who played hard. I, the captain, was not good enough and we lost the semifinals," she said.
Kim finished with 11 points, six rebounds and three assists in 34 minutes and 22 seconds of action. She was joined by Park Ji-soo (18 points, 9 rebounds) and Park Ji-hyeon (13 points, 6 rebounds), but they were blown out by Japan, losing by 23 points.
It was a humiliating defeat, but that was the difference between the two teams. Japan, the runners-up at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, are a powerhouse and have a huge objective advantage over South Korea. South Korean women's basketball was overtaken by Japan more than a decade ago, and the gap has been widening ever since.
Kim Dan-bi tries to break through during the women's basketball semifinal match between South Korea and Japan at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on October 3, 2022 in Hangzhou, China.
After playing her final game for the national team against South Korea, Kim Dan-bi criticized the stagnation of South Korean women's basketball.
"They need to realize that just because we're good at basketball in Korea doesn't mean we're the best. I got complacent and thought, 'I can do this,' and I stagnated. "I hope the juniors don't stagnate like I did," he said, "and I didn't do a good job for the national team.
Kim emphasized the need to keep learning and improving until the day he hangs up his uniform.
"Just because you're paid a lot of money and treated like an ace doesn't mean you're the best," he said, "I thought I was the best (at one point), but I wasn't, so I left the team I played for a long time (Shinhan Bank) and moved to Woori Bank to learn more. I'm learning a lot from coach Satellite Woo. Even though I am old, I will continue to learn and try until the day I retire."
She also talked about the differences with the Japanese national team. "When I asked some Japanese players I know, they said, 'It's so hard to work out because the competition is so fierce. It's easier to play a match,'" she said. They have always overcome such competition to play for the national team," she said.
"I was one of the players who played when we beat Japan, but we lost over time," he said, adding, "I hope the juniors will continue to improve and work hard to become a national team that can beat Japan again."
Kim Dan-bi shoots during the women's basketball group C match between South Korea and North Korea at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 29.
Kim emphasized the need for South Korea to invest in the development of women's basketball like Japan, saying, "We have more opportunities to play against Japanese players through the Park Shinja Cup (which has been upgraded to an international tournament). We need to invest more and have more opportunities to gain that experience."
"If the players compete against each other and try to improve, they will do much better than me in the international tournament," he added.
South Korea will play North Korea for the bronze medal at 5 p.m. KST on Friday. Kim Dan-bi is determined to beat the North Koreans and bring home a Yuzong.
"I saw my older sisters retire from the national team after winning gold at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. I wanted to retire from the national team like them one day. Even though I couldn't win the gold medal, I still want to win the last game and take home the bronze medal." 19가이드03
As Kim Dan-bi (33, Woori Bank) hangs up her national colors at the end of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, she was presented with a bouquet of flowers to commemorate her retirement from the national team by her closest opponents in the final game between South Korea and Japan.
It wasn't all good memories. The women's basketball team suffered a devastating defeat, once again confirming the current status of Korean basketball behind Japan.
After the 58-81 loss to Japan in the women's basketball quarterfinals at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, on March 3, Kim Dan-bi said, "I'm grateful to all the players who played hard. I, the captain, was not good enough and we lost the semifinals," she said.
Kim finished with 11 points, six rebounds and three assists in 34 minutes and 22 seconds of action. She was joined by Park Ji-soo (18 points, 9 rebounds) and Park Ji-hyeon (13 points, 6 rebounds), but they were blown out by Japan, losing by 23 points.
It was a humiliating defeat, but that was the difference between the two teams. Japan, the runners-up at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, are a powerhouse and have a huge objective advantage over South Korea. South Korean women's basketball was overtaken by Japan more than a decade ago, and the gap has been widening ever since.
Kim Dan-bi tries to break through during the women's basketball semifinal match between South Korea and Japan at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on October 3, 2022 in Hangzhou, China.
After playing her final game for the national team against South Korea, Kim Dan-bi criticized the stagnation of South Korean women's basketball.
"They need to realize that just because we're good at basketball in Korea doesn't mean we're the best. I got complacent and thought, 'I can do this,' and I stagnated. "I hope the juniors don't stagnate like I did," he said, "and I didn't do a good job for the national team.
Kim emphasized the need to keep learning and improving until the day he hangs up his uniform.
"Just because you're paid a lot of money and treated like an ace doesn't mean you're the best," he said, "I thought I was the best (at one point), but I wasn't, so I left the team I played for a long time (Shinhan Bank) and moved to Woori Bank to learn more. I'm learning a lot from coach Satellite Woo. Even though I am old, I will continue to learn and try until the day I retire."
She also talked about the differences with the Japanese national team. "When I asked some Japanese players I know, they said, 'It's so hard to work out because the competition is so fierce. It's easier to play a match,'" she said. They have always overcome such competition to play for the national team," she said.
"I was one of the players who played when we beat Japan, but we lost over time," he said, adding, "I hope the juniors will continue to improve and work hard to become a national team that can beat Japan again."
Kim Dan-bi shoots during the women's basketball group C match between South Korea and North Korea at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 29.
Kim emphasized the need for South Korea to invest in the development of women's basketball like Japan, saying, "We have more opportunities to play against Japanese players through the Park Shinja Cup (which has been upgraded to an international tournament). We need to invest more and have more opportunities to gain that experience."
"If the players compete against each other and try to improve, they will do much better than me in the international tournament," he added.
South Korea will play North Korea for the bronze medal at 5 p.m. KST on Friday. Kim Dan-bi is determined to beat the North Koreans and bring home a Yuzong.
"I saw my older sisters retire from the national team after winning gold at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. I wanted to retire from the national team like them one day. Even though I couldn't win the gold medal, I still want to win the last game and take home the bronze medal." 19가이드03
