Neither the pressure of the first Olympics nor the 'feminist controversy' prevented Ansan (20, Gwangju Women's University) from running for three gold medals.
Ansan faced unexpected criticism after winning two gold medals in the mixed team event on the 24th and the women's team event on the 25th.
In the past, critics arose over his use of expressions that were accepted as male-hating words in some such as 'woong aeng-woong' and 'five trillion and five billions' on social media.
Criticism of public opinion continued to spread after the outrageous claim that he had a short haircut because he was a feminist was made earlier.
On the free bulletin board of the Korea Archery Association website, thousands of articles such as 'Please protect the Ansan players' and 'Please punish the malicious commenters' were posted over two days.
There was also a campaign calling the Archery Association and urging them not to make Ansan apologize, causing the phone line to fail.
The coaching staff of the national team, including head coach Park Chae-soon, were concerned that the criticism might affect Ansan's performance in the individual match on the 30th.
Eui-sun Eui-sun, president of the Association, who was on the field and cheering for the players, was also worried, so he called Ansan early in the morning of the same day and encouraged him, "Don't worry about it and focus on the game."
Chairman Chung said that he had previously asked Vice Chairman Jang Young-sul, who was a former archer, for advice on whether it would be ok to contact Ansan.
In fact, Ansan was as heavy as a 'mountain'. Without being shaken, he played from the round of 64 in the individual event to the final.
Other players' heart rates ranged from 130 to 150 beats per minute. Ansan was calm enough to record around 100 innings.
In the second and third sets of the semi-finals, even when all six shots were put on the 10-point target, the heart rate went from 82 to 105.
In the final, she defeated Yelena Osipova (Russian Olympic Committee), who defeated the national team's eldest sister Chae-young Kang (Hyundai Mobis), who was considered the best female archer of the time, in the quarterfinals after a close shoot-off, and took her third gold medal.
Ansan's heart beat a little faster than in the semifinals, but the tip of the bow aimed at it with a characteristic expressionless face did not waver.
After talking with coach Ryu Su-jeong for a while before the shoot-off, he relaxed and put his last shot into 10 points.
At this time, Ansan's heart rate was 118 beats per minute, and Osipova, who hit 8 points, recorded 167 beats.
Ansan, who stood at the top of the podium, showed tears that she had held back when she heard the national anthem being played, but soon regained her courage.
Ansan, who entered the mixed zone (communal coverage area) wiping her tears, saw a low heart rate and smiled, "He's healthy" to the reporter's joked question, 'Do you have low blood pressure?' I don't think it was expressed," he said.
He said, "Rather, I was at risk by the end of the national team selection. I think I was more nervous at that time (rather than the finals)."
He must have suffered a lot in the midst of the unexpected controversy, but Ansan was strong.
When a foreign correspondent asked about the 'online abuse' surrounding him, he replied, "I will not answer questions about anything other than athletic performance," and focused only on archery until the end.
Ansan, who quelled criticism with her 'steel mentality' and shot her third gold medal, became the first three archery champions in history, as well as setting the record for the most gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Korean sports and the first three gold medals at the Tokyo Games.
Including the Winter Olympics, he will be on par with Victor Ahn (Russian naturalized, Hyeonsu Ahn) and Seonyu Jin, who won three short track medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Leaders believe that Ansan is so calm and mentally strong that it is highly likely that Ansan will be on the Olympic stage for a long time like Kim Soo-nyeong, the 'Original Shrine'.
Ansan has already surpassed Kim Soo-nyeong (2 gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Games) in the multi-credit division.
If she adds three more medals, she ranks with Kim Soo-nyeong (4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) in the number of medals.
Ansan is still 20 years old.