Only it wasn’t a nod to their culture.
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“You’ve seen “Wayne’s World” right?”
The day ended with all three of South Korea’s women at the top of the standings, led by 20-year-old Choi Mi-sun, who flirted with team mate Kim Bo-bae’s world record before the wind picked up in the afternoon. “If there was a world record still in the sport, they would’ve had it”.
Therefore, now the Koreans are back with a punishing training regime and tons of discipline, winning without a doubt and making former Edgewater resident Jake Kaminski, three-time Olympian Brady Ellison and Zach Garrett -from the U.S male archery team- settle with the silver recognition in Rio.
Yoon, who competed in the women’s 53-kg category, finished with a total of 199 kg, lifting 88 kg in snatch and 111 kg in clean and jerk.
Earlier, Virginia Thrasher of US won the first gold medal at Riobyholding her nerve to see off China’s Du Li on the final shot in the women’s 10-meter air rifle event, Xinhua reports. “They were able to get out”, Salomao said. If called in, it would upgrade their score to 52, win the set, and extend the final. “It’s not like any of them really messed up”.
A Moroccan Olympic boxer was arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted two Brazilian housekeepers in the Rio Olympic Village. The title went to another South Korean in Oh Jin-Hyek instead. Experts say the Korean response was nearly ideal and implacable. Then they practiced a lot, shooting 400 to 500 arrows a day and sometimes 600. A wind comes in it helps us out, because no matter where you go in the USA, it’s windy.
“They were impressive”, said Zach Garrett, the USA team’s 21-year-old newcomer.
Hassan Saada was taken into custody Friday, the day before his first boxing match, and it seems likely he’ll miss the Games, as he’s expected to be jailed for 15 days during the investigation, police said. “We’re not used to this calm stuff. Gives us target panic”.
Russian Federation also had a bye in the first round before matching up with India and Deepika Kumari – potential medal contenders in both the team and individual competitions – in the quarterfinals. He was upset in the second round in London despite heavy hype that he could medal.
So far in Rio, South Korea has two gold, two silver and one bronze medals. “If I prepare the best I can, there will be a good result”. We were damn good, and they were ideal. “We trusted each other, and it just happened”, said Kim after the match.
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Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports.
