Kim Woojin Hat-Trick, Chirault and Addis go out flying
Archery – Paris Games Day 9 was looking poised to be the best, as two French players – Thomas Chirault and Baptiste Addis were in action for round from last sixteen. Regrettably for the Blues, both hit the turf in opposing quarters. A good ending, then – they had been on the verge of losing – but archery can be a game that turns on tiny things.
That day’s final will remain in the collective unconscious. Paris 2024 Olympic champion Play-off At 4-4 the two finalists, America’s Brady Ellison and Korea’s Kim Woojin, both scored a maximum of 30 points in t fifth set. Next was the shoot off, where Kim Woojin opened up with a 10 on left cord. Brady Ellison answered with a 10, but way off of the outside line and that made his finalist position easy to Kim Woojin.
Individual, team and mixed gold in Paris marked his 3rd Olympic title of all with the Korean won. This is in addition to the team gold medals that he won at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2021. Kim Woojin is an archery legend at the ripe age of 32.
This Sunday Thomas Chirault did one of what are often called death table with a first match against the reigning Olympic Champion, Turk Mete Gazoz. The 29-points Frenchman came out swinging and grabbed a natural lead from the opening of the bout. While the pair were both fighting strong bouts from beginning to end, the French archer also knew how to make his opponent pay for any missteps on Bowles’ part. Gazoz then did superbly to get back on time and force a shoot off out of the Frenchman. One single arrow to split them and it was Mete who fired first on 9 nearly-within-onecm-of-10. Thomas Chirault took his turn a few moments later. A long arrow, which than the Turk finished another inches closer to 9. Despite a good match, the French side fell in the 1/8th final but still received beautiful farewell applause of about 8000 people gathered at Invalides.
So we propose you a real treat with his 1/8th which opposed the world number one Brazilian Marcus D’Almeida, and Korean Kim Woojin. The Korean shot a monster match (29, 30, 30, 30) and produced the first perfect of ten arrows in a row.