A South Korean archer refused to celebrate bagging a gold medal at the Asian Games after his second-placed compatriot missed a final chance to win an exemption for military service.
Kim Woo-jin, 26, brushed off a strong challenge from Lee Woo-seok in the men's individual recurve on Tuesday, where top spot would have exempted the 21-year-old from South Korea's mandatory near two-year military service.
But Kim -- the reigning Olympic champion in the recurve men's team -- diplomatically claimed the Lee's military predicament wasn't on his mind as he declined to wave the national flag in celebration.
"Whether it was the military situation or anything else not related to the competition, I wasn't thinking about that," Kim said, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
"It was just tough to beat someone that I know so well after months of training together."
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