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Multiple Olympic champion Ki Bo Bae last appeared on the international circuit in , when she earned her final World Cup gold in Rome, the third of her career. Since then, she is said to have been thinking of retiring, at least as an athlete. What will the veteran year-old do now — and how is she perceived in her own country? Like many Korean children, Ki Bo Bae started archery as an extracurricular activity in middle school, around the age of twelve, with little thought of becoming a professional athlete.

This kickstarted her career. The gold medal sweep continued with her winning the team gold at the Junior World Championship of at Lilleshall.

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Around this time her school grades began to suffer, and it was said that her parents were thinking of discouraging her from pursuing the sport. This culminated in her becoming the double Olympic Champion at the London Olympics. There is no doubt that if there had been a mixed team event at that time, she would have taken that too.

In South Korea, unlike some other countries, archery is a source of national pride, handsomely rewarded both by the government and private business. Following the Korean War of , and the division of the country, the South remained a military dictatorship until