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GWANGJU ASIA CUP SHOWS OFF KOREAN AND JAPANESE FIREPOWER
The Gwangju Asia Cup Leg 1 was held in South Korea from 6-11 June. While underattended by recent international standards, teams from Bangladesh, Japan, Malaysia and Tajikistan joined the hosts at the world ranking event.
AZUSA YAMAUCHI OF JAPAN
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It was the younger members of the Korean recurve team that triumphed, as 17-year-old Kim Je Deok and 22-year-old Jang Minhee won the men's and women's competitions respectively. Minhee beat 20-year-old An San, also on the Tokyo-bound team.
The best non-Korean result in Gwangju came from Yuki Kawata of Japan, who beat veteran teammate and Olympic silver medallist Takaharu Furukawa to recurve men’s bronze.