Lee Woo Seok also made a dream Olympic debut, winning individual bronze in recurve men and team gold with Woojin and Kim Je Deok.
A former Youth Olympic (2014) and Universiade (2015) champion, Woo Seok admitted the Olympic pressure was on another level.
“To shoot in front of such a huge crowd made me even more nervous than usual,” he said. “Plus, knowing that one mistake could erase four years of preparation and that I‘d have to wait another four years added to the pressure,” said the three-time Hyundai Archery World Cup Final runner-up.
“The individual event was the biggest challenge for me. I had waited and prepared for so long, and naturally I felt a lot of nerves going into that match.”
“Don’t be intimidated or overwhelmed just because it’s the Olympics. Everyone is competing under the same conditions, and you’ve already put in so much hard work to get there.
To future Olympians, he would give clear advice.
“Don’t be intimidated or overwhelmed just because it’s the Olympics. Everyone is competing under the same conditions, and you’ve already put in so much hard work to get there.”
“Trust in your preparation and approach the match with confidence,” shared the 27-year-old.
The Korean legend Kim Woojin also had his share of advice for the juniors:
“Everyone feels nervous and tense when standing on the Olympic stage. But trust the time and effort you’ve invested up to that point. You don’t need to do more or less; just show everything you’ve prepared. The results will come afterward,” said the main architect of Korea’s historic gold sweep in Paris.
Surely, Woojin had waited for the most memorable moment of his career – and his time arrived in Paris, where he etched his name into the history books.
And he continues to spell magic with his bow – inspiring the next generation of archers.
