Oh Ye-jin wins silver medal in women's individual archery recurve at Asian Games

Oh Ye-jin (23, Gwangju Bank Tenten Archery Team) added a silver medal in the women's individual archery recurve event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Oh Ye-jin lost to 17-year-old rookie Kumkum Anil Mohod (India) in the final of the women's individual recurve archery event held at the multi-purpose plaza of Okazaki Central General Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 3rd after a close match that went to a shoot-off after the set score was 5-5 (29-27 29-29 29-30 28-27 28-30).

Oh Ye-jin, who previously won a silver medal in the women's recurve team event, failed to hit the golden target in the individual event as well.

This is the first time that Korean women's archery has failed to win a gold medal in the recurve category at the Asian Games.

In the first set, Oh Ye-jin scored 9 points in the first step and then hit the center of the 10-point target in succession, scoring 29 points.

On the other hand, even after shooting 10 points in the first step, Mohod faltered with 9 and 8 points and only scored 27 points, and Oh Ye-jin won 29-27, taking the lead with a set score of 2-0.

In the second set, Mohawk, who had zero points, scored 29 points by scoring 9, 10, and 10 points.

Oh Ye-jin also hit back with 29 points, and the two players shared one set point each, making it 3-1.

The third set featured Mohod's perfect score. While Momod scored a perfect score of 30 with three 10-point shots, Oh Ye-jin also fought tightly with two 10-point shots, but the last shot only scored 9 points, giving up the set at 29-30 and allowing the set score to be tied 3-3.

In the 4th set, Oh Ye-jin started with 9 points in the first step, and Mohawk scored 10 points, and seemed to be behind for a while.

However, Oh Ye-jin immediately shot 10 and 9 points to finish with 28 points, but Mohod was greatly shaken by 8 and 9 points, remaining at 27 points, and Oh Ye-jin won 28-27, taking the lead again with a set score of 5-3.

In the final 5th set, with the gold medal in sight, Mohod once again showed off his potential by scoring three 10-point shots and scoring a perfect score of 30.

Oh Ye-jin also did well, scoring 28 points with 9-9-10 points, but the set score was tied at 5-5 and it ended up going to a shoot-off where the winner was decided with just one shot.

First, Oh Ye-jin's arrow missed the center of the target and hit the 8-point target, and Mohawk ended the game by hitting the 10-point target.