Just the under-21 men’s podium remained. After a high-quality bronze medal contest between Australia’s Jai Crawley and the USA’s Joshua Baek – both already medallists – Crawley added another medal after defeating Baek 6-4.
The final saw a Korea versus Chinese Taipei clash between Jang Joonha and Huang Li-Cheng. Huang, looking nervous, never gained momentum, while Jang scored five 10s across the three sets he needed to get the job done, in an aggressively confident performance.
“I came into this with the mindset of really going all out in the individual event and bringing home first place,” said Jang, who had lost to the USA on Friday. “My biggest goal is to become an Olympic Champion on the biggest Olympic stage.”
Chinese Taipei ended the week in a frustrating position: strong performances and a haul of silver medals, but finishing on the losing side of most key battles. The nation won only four of their thirteen matches on the big stage, putting them second in total medals behind Korea, without a single gold.
Recurve Sunday wrapped up a new set of champions and highlighted stars likely to emerge in senior competitions soon. Several athletes here are also expected at Gwangju 2025, making it highly likely that new senior world champions or Olympic medallists were on show in Winnipeg this week.
