Men's Archery Team Takes Home Gold

South Korea’s men’s team won a victory in the group archery competition. Jang Yong-ho, Park Kyung-mo, and Im Dong-hyun had a confident win in the archery final at the Panathinaiko Stadium beating the Taiwanese team 251-244. This put Korea at the top in archery for the second consecutive time after the Sydney Olympics. The Koreans swept three gold medals out of four, including those won in the women’s individual and group competitions. Koreans excelling at archery should comes as no surprise. Korean traditional archery, kuk gung, dates back centuries. In fact, during the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910) it was the preferred sport of the ruling aristocratic yangban elite.