Every athlete dreams of winning a gold medal in the Olympics and Asian Games. There is a …

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Lim Si-hyun, who first won the bow in his third year of elementary school, never won a prize throughout his middle school years. Having received no offers of scouting, Lim had to take an entrance examination to enter high school. The secret to Shim Ji-hyun’s rebirth as the best archer in the world, who was an ordinary athlete who no one paid attention to until only six years ago, is hard work.Shim Ji-hyun, who received a disappointing report card of 11th place in the second round of the 2025 national team in November, also realized that he could be pushed out of the top position as soon as he became complacent. “I was unconsciously relaxed as I won six gold medals at the Paris Olympics and the Hangzhou Asian Games,” he said. As a result, the ranking of the selection match fell to 11th place. “I thought I shouldn’t do it as I do now in order to keep wearing the Taegeuk mark that I wanted so much,” he explained.”After winning 10 consecutive Korean women’s archery titles in the women’s team event, I have my own way to overcome the tension. In the mixed team event and women’s individual event, which were later competed, I was able to play with a comfortable mind rather than a women’s team event. In the next Olympics and Asian Games, I will be reborn as a true shrine to play my games under any circumstances,” he added.I had my best year in 2024 following 2023, but there was no satisfaction for him. Lim Si-hyun, who said he has become strict with himself since he was first selected for the national team in 2022, has forgotten the glory of the past two years and is working hard to prepare for the 2025 season.Like Kim Woo-jin, who won five gold medals in the Olympics alone, I recently had a new dream to play for the national team for more than 10 years. It is impossible to wear the national flag and fail to produce results. To become an athlete worthy of the title of the Korean national archery team, you have to continue to improve. I’m going to forget all the glory of the past and start anew, he stressed.”One of the questions I asked myself ahead of the Paris Olympics and the Hangzhou Asian Games was whether I was perfectly prepared to hang a gold medal around my neck,” said Shim Ji-hyun. “I was confident enough to think that I could shoot 10 points under any circumstances because my body reacted unknowingly on both occasions,” he said. “Through the past two competitions, I have realized that hard work never betrays me.” As luck can only be caught by those who are ready, we will continue to prepare thoroughly in the future,” he explained.In a recent interview with Maeil Business Newspaper, Shim Ji-hyun said, “One of the most common thoughts these days is ‘Let’s not become a player who is good at glittering and disappears.’ “I know better than anyone that it’s difficult to do well consistently,” he said. “In order to become a Goat (GOAT) in the archery world (Greatest Of All Time), you have to do better for 10 years, no matter how bad you are. First of all, I’m going to run with the goal of winning the gold medal in the individual event at the Gwangju World Championships in Korea this year,” he said.Preparations to be in the top three in the third round of selection scheduled for March have begun early. He began practicing immediately after the second round of selection, and expressed his ambition to add a gold medal in the women’s individual event at the World Championships to his career in 2025.Every athlete dreams of winning a gold medal in the Olympics and Asian Games. There is a protagonist who has achieved both of the goals that others have for life at the young age of 21. She is the first Korean archer to win three gold medals in both the Olympics and the Asian Games.He said he played a 100-point game out of 100 at the Hangzhou Asian Games, expressing regret over his performance at the Paris Olympics. “At the Paris Olympics, I couldn’t solve the game as I planned,” said Lim Si-hyun. I was thinking that I would do well because I prepared more thoroughly than ever, but I was hampered by tension that I had never felt before. “This is the first time I learned that you can’t win a gold medal just because you shoot a bow well,” he said.I didn’t agree with the story that I achieved everything as an archer. “After winning three gold medals at the Paris Olympics, people around me said they achieved all their lifelong goals at the age of 21, but I’ve never thought of it like this,” said Lim Si-hyun. Now that I know a little bit about how to be good at archery, I think there’s a lot left to show in the future. “After achieving all the goals I have in my heart, I will just look forward and change so that I can put down my bow without regret,” he said.Ahead of the national team selection match at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Lim Si-hyun, who lived crazy about archery for more than 18 hours a day, changed his personality with bloody efforts. Abandoning the evasive nature of giving up even before trying, he succeeded in making his name known around the world at the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Paris Olympics.