Veteran Taegeuk Archers Kang Chae-young and Choi Mi-seon "Equalization has been achieved... We need to Prepare More."
“Now foreign players are also shooting well.
The leveling has really progressed a lot." 카지노사이트킹
On the 2nd, veteran Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis) and Choi Mi-sun (Gwangju Bank, 27) of the women's national team, who are competing in the Hyundai Motor Company Chung Mong-koo Cup Korean Archery Tournament, spoke in unison. Ansan (Gwangju Women's University), known for winning three gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo
Olympics ), and Lim Si-hyun (Korea National Sport University), who were selected for the national team for the first time this year and are attracting attention as 'scary rookies', Kang Chae-young and Choi Mi-sun have been active as 'Taegeuk archers' since the mid-2010s. They have been more active in the international stage than the two juniors.
For Kang Chae-young and Choi Mi-sun, who understand the situation well, the women's national team's miserable failure at the 2023 Berlin World Championships last month is absolutely not an 'unusual'.
At the World Championships, the women's national team was eliminated in the first round of the team competition, and had the worst performance in the individual competition, with all three players withdrawing in the quarterfinals.
In addition to existing competitors such as Mexico and Taiwan, Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore and European countries such as Germany and France are making great strides in women's archery.
Even Korean women's archers, recognized by everyone as the best in the world, could be pushed back by them at any time if they made even one 'mistake', and this World Championships is just a competition that made that a reality.
Choi Mi-sun said, “Other players have improved their skills now, so it’s really not the same anymore,” and “We also have to prepare that much better.”
Kang Chae-young also said, “Now the (top ranked) countries have similar competitiveness,” and added, “We are in a situation where we have to approach all competitions with similar tension.”
Kang Chae-young, born in June 1996, has a birthday a month earlier than Choi Mi-sun, so she plays the role of 'captain' of the national team, so she has a bit more pressure heading into the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, which are just three weeks away.
Kang Chae-young expressed regret, saying, "If I had gone with good grades, I would have been able to have more confidence and have fun," and added, "Now, I need to be more motivated and train harder in Hangzhou.
I will try to finish the Asian Games well."
He continued, "When I first participated in the Asian Games (2018 Jakarta-Palembang), I was the youngest, but now I am the eldest.
I feel a little pressure because I feel like I have to lead the team, but I think that if I trust my teammates, I will get good results."
He said with strength.
Choi Mi-sun plans to make the most of her experience visiting the Chengdu Universiade, which boasts a weather as hot as Hangzhou.
Choi Mi-sun won the gold medal in the women's individual archery event at the Universiade held last July.
“In Chengdu, I used to wear an umbrella to avoid the heat when retrieving arrows,” she said.
“Now that I have experienced it once, I will be able to adapt to the heat in China faster,” she said.