[Nagoya AG] Archer Woo Seok Lee Advances to Quarterfinals... Kim Je-deok Faces Bitter Elimination

Woo Seok Lee Clinches a Narrow Victory in Recurve Individual Round of 16 Shoot-off
Kim Je-deok Falls Short with 4-6 Loss to India's Chauhan

Archer Woo Seok Lee (Kolon) has advanced to the quarterfinals.

On September 29, at Okazaki Chuo Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Woo Seok Lee won the men’s recurve individual Round of 16 match at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games against Reza Shabani of Iran after a shoot-off, with a score of 6-5 (28-30 22-26 29-26 29-29 29-28<10-9>).

Wooseok Lee pulls the bowstring during the men's recurve individual round of 16 at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held on the 29th at Chuo Park in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Okazaki=Yonhap News Agency

After losing the first and second sets to trail 0-4, Woo Seok Lee mounted a comeback starting from the third set to tie the match at 5-5, and then secured victory by shooting 10 points in the shoot-off, surpassing Shabani's 9 points.

Woo Seok Lee will face Kinley Tshering (Bhutan) in the quarterfinals on October 3.

On the other hand, Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office) lost his Round of 16 match to Niraj Chauhan (India) with a set score of 4-6 (28-30 29-29 30-29 29-29 27-29).

After dropping the first set but taking the third to level the score at 3-3, Kim Je-deok fell behind in the fifth set—tied at 4-4—scoring 27 points while Chauhan scored 29, resulting in Kim’s defeat.

Kim Je-duk is touching his bow after losing to Niraj Chauhan of India in the men's recurve individual round of 16 at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held on the 29th at Okazaki Chuo Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Okazaki=Yonhap News Agency

This is the first time that a member of the Korean national archery team has been eliminated in this competition.

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