The country’s best performance in the Olympics also saw several athletes flirt at joining Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial in the list of podium finishers.
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At the Olympics in Tokyo, South Korea s archers have won their second gold medal and the second for the country. The South Korean women s archery team An San, Jang Min-hee and Kang Chae-young beat the team from Russia.
This is the ninth consecutive Olympics that the South Korean archers have taken gold in that event.
South Korean athletes will be competing in one more medal event today in weightlifting at 7:50 PM Korea time.
The country has so far won two gold and two bronze medals.
Published July 25, 2021, 3:47 PM
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Despite being the first Filipino athlete to bow out of the Tokyo Olympics, taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa refused to dwell on his defeat and instead look at the brighter side of his short-lived Olympic debut.
Barbosa vowed to learn from his experience in Japan and continue his quest for Olympic glory in the years to come.
“This may not be our time but I promise that I won’t stop fighting and trying because I believe that losing is part of the game and it is where we learn and get the courage to fight again. We are just getting started,” said Barbosa through his social media accounts after crashing out of medal contention in the men’s 58 kg event held at the Makuhari Messe Hall on Saturday, July 24.
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