China's Zhu wins women's recurve silver at World Archery Championships

SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's 19-year-old archer Zhu Jingyi claimed a silver medal after falling to South Korea's Kang Chae-young in the women's recurve final at the 2025 World Archery Championships in Gwangju on Friday, securing China's only medal at the tournament.

Debutante Zhu impressed from the start, finishing second in the qualification round with 691 points, just one point behind Tokyo Olympic champion An San of South Korea. She went on to defeat Indonesia's Diananda Choirunisa 6-4 in the semifinals to reach the title match, where Kang ultimately prevailed 7-3 to clinch the gold on home soil.

China's other two archers, Huang Yuwei and Li Jiaman, were both eliminated by An, who finished third.

Despite the defeat, Zhu etched her name in history as only the third Chinese archer to reach the women's individual final at the World Championships, following Ma Xiangjun's gold in 1987 and Xu Jing's silver in 2013.

As the Championships concluded on Friday, host South Korea topped the medal table with two golds, one silver and four bronzes, followed by Mexico with two golds and one bronze. Spain also secured two golds, while China and Brazil ranked a joint 10th place. ■