A team score of 2057 in the preliminary round puts South Korea at the one-seed, with the United States, which scored a 2024, at No. 2.
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Sambodromo, which was built specifically for Rio Carnival, is also picturesque – gorgeous mountain views, including one of Christ the Redeemer. “But this time, they didn’t break”. “I think we were impressive too, just maybe not as much”.
Download the Team USA app today for breaking news, 2016 U.S. Olympic Team bios, videos and more. He said shooting a score of 700 was incredible.
The United States came out strong in the gold medal match, but Kim Woo-Jin and South Korea made it clear they would not be beat, scoring a ideal 60 in the first set and 177 out of a possible 180, putting gold out of reach for Brady Ellison and Jake Kaminski once again.
“They shot incredible. That was a world record performance they put on”.
The 23-year-old Ku took the flawless score of 10 points with all six of his arrows, and missed only once. But, this will be the first Olympic medal for Garrett. “We have the best players, we have talent and skill”.
World champion Ku was at the top of his game as he led his team to victory, finding six ideal 10s in the final match.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – One of the South Korean archers had a ideal response for a almost flawless show.
Before climbing atop the medal stand, they walked around to the front of the podium and congratulated the Americans and the Australians, who won bronze, their first team archery medal ever.
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Ega Agatha, a 24-year-old from Surabaya in East Java province, lost the opening set but stunned Kim in the next three, slamming the door shut with two brilliant shots that landed flush in the gold target for two ideal scores. “They shoot in these conditions every day”. “This helps me immensely and all of us a lot”. “I never thought the Koreans could shoot that great”. They dropped [only] three 10s.
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It was the fourth Olympics for 34-year-old veteran Du, who won the title at the same event 12 years ago in Athens, Greece. “It’s different when you walk off the field feeling like, “We just won silver” instead of, ‘We just lost gold, ‘” he said.
