MADRID, July 13 (Xinhua) -- China fell 6-2 to South Korea in the recurve women's team final, while Li Jiaman secured an individual bronze medal as Stage 4 of the 2025 Archery World Cup concluded here on Sunday.

Ranked second behind South Korea in the qualification round, China's team, consisting of Li, Hai Ligan, Zhu Jingyi and Bao Jingyi, defeated Georgia, Italy and Chinese Taipei to reach the final against South Korea.

In the final, South Korea's trio of An San, Lim Si-hyeon and Kang Chae-young claimed the opening set 57-56. The two teams then split the next two sets, tying 57-57 and 56-56. In a tightly contested fourth set where no archer from either side scored below a 9, a single extra 10 gave South Korea the edge at 56-55, sealing the set and the match 6-2.

In the women's individual event, Li was defeated by Kang 6-2 in the semifinals but rebounded to beat Germany's Michelle Kroppen by the same score to take the bronze. Kang went on to defeat 17-year-old Hsu Hsin-tzu of Chinese Taipei 6-5 in a shootoff to claim the gold.

In the men's competitions, France won its first World Cup gold in recurve team since 2017 with a 6-2 victory over the United States. After having fallen to France in the semifinals, reigning Olympic champion South Korea overcame Japan 6-2 to earn the bronze.

France's Baptiste Addis, 18, was denied a second gold medal after being swept 6-0 by Mexico's Matias Grande in the men's individual final. South Korea's Kim Je-deok claimed the bronze.

The United States defeated South Korea 5-3 in the mixed team final, powered by a crucial second-set win.

The Archery World Cup now heads to Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, in October. ■