Rio 2016: Men's archery team wins S. Korea's first gold

(From left) Archers Kim Woo-jin, Ku Bon-chan and Lee Seung-yun show their gold medals in the men’s team event defeating the U.S. at Sambodromo, Saturday. / Yonhap

The South Korean men's archery team won the country's first gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Saturday.

The trio of Kim Woo-jin, Ku Bon-chan and Lee Seung-yun defeated the United States team of Brady Ellison, Zach Garrett and Jake Kaminski by the set score of 6-0 at Sambodromo.

This was South Korea's fifth gold medal in the men's team event, after 1988, 2000, 2004 and 2008.

South Korea is going for an unprecedented gold medal sweep in archery in Rio. The quest will continue with the women's team event Sunday.

The Olympic archery events are contested in sets, with six arrows per side in each set in team events. Winning a set is worth two points, and a draw is good for one point. The first team to reach five points wins.

In the first set, the South Koreans scored a perfect 60 to beat the Americans' 57. The second set was a bit tighter, 58-57 for South Korea. In the clinching set, South Korea outscored the U.S. 59-56, with the last three arrows all hitting the perfect 10s.

The victory was a measure of revenge for South Korea, which lost to the U.S. in the semifinals at the 2012 Olympics. There was no carryover from that team to this year's squad for South Korea, but Ellison and Kaminksi were on the London team for the U.S. (Yonhap)