21 August 2007 - Beijing Test Event: Quotes of the Day 4 – Recurve Men Team Event

Test Events of Olympic Games – Quotes of the Day 4 – Recurve Men Team Event Beijing – 21 August 2007   Recurve Men Team   Men’s Team Final   LEE Chang Hwan(KOR)-Archer: On winning gold: “First of all, we are very pleased to have won today. Nevertheless, this is not the Olympic Games, so we hope next year at the Olympics we will be playing as well as today.”   On whether the hot weather affected their team’s performance: “The weather here is very similar with that of Korea. Even if it is hotter next year, we will try our best to win.”   On the secret of Korea’s success in archery: “If I told you, then I am leaking the secrets. To summarize, we always work very hard to win the medals. Every team who want to do as well as us must work hard.”   On whether the men and women’s hats have special meaning: “Nothing is special about that.”   CHENG Chu Sian (MAS)-Archer: On winning silver: “We are very happy that we won the silver medal today, but just as the Korean contestant put it, this was not a real match for the Olympics, and we hope we can play well next year here.”   WAN AB AZIZ W Mohd Khalmizam (MAS)-Archer: On his still having not qualified for the Olympic Games: “I will try my best to do more hard training to meet the standard.”   JOHNSON Richard (USA)-Archer On the impression of the tournament: “We are very excited about the upcoming Olympics. It’s a very beautiful venue. We look forward to coming here next year.”   On the hot weather here in Beijing: “We have the similar feeling with the Korean Team, because more or less we have adjusted ourselves to the climate. Before we came here, we already began some special training for adjusting to the heat. In the coming year, we will continue our specific training to get ready for the Beijing Olympic Games.”   KISIK Lee (USA)—Coach: On the order change of the archers in the bronze medal match: “This is the test event, and we just wanted to find out what our best situation was (to gain the good result).”   Comments from LEE Chang Hwan (KOR) after Korea ’s victory over Malaysia in the Men's Team Final on Wednesday.   LEE Chang Hwan (KOR)-Archer On who performed best today: “Everyone has different characteristics and played in different levels in different matches. We played very well as a team.”   Comments from CHENG Chu Sian (MAS) after Korea’s victory over Malaysia in the Men's Team Final on Wednesday.   CHENG Chu Sian(MAS)-Archer On performance: "We are not satisfied in terms of score."   On the opponent: "We’ve seldom competed against the Korean archers. However, I don’t think they are necessarily undefeatable. We hoped to win the gold medal, especially after we had eliminated such strong teams as Russia and USA to come into the final."   On the objective of the tournament: "We just hoped to go as far as we could."   On the training: “We train for about 10 hours everyday, from morning, afternoon to the night.”   Comments from WANG Cheng-Pang (TPE) after the USA’s victory over Chinese Taipei in the Men's Team Bronze Medal match on Wednesday.   WANG Cheng-Pang (TPE) - Archer On reasons for losing the match: “It was very hard for us to keep the lead.”   On which opponents have put more pressure on them, Korea or the USA: “There are always pressures, but our performance (at each match) is the most important.”   On which one of them performed best in this match: “We three have performed equally well. The most important thing is that we are a team. We helped each other during the match.”   On the line-up for the Olympics: “It is possible that we will represent Chinese Taipei to compete in the Olympics, but I am not sure about it. There will still be a selection.”   On which athlete he admires the most: “It is IM Dong Hyun from the Korean team. He has terrific feeling for shooting, and he is very confident.”   On changing the sequence of shooters during the match with Korea: “We did change the sequence. It was a kind of strategy, because the second shooter (LIU Ming-Huang) was quite nervous at that time, and he was worried about wasting time.”   Comments from CHENG Chu Sian(MAS) after Malaysia’s victory over USA in the Men's Team Semifinals on Wednesday.   CHENG Chu Sian(MAS)-Archer On performance: “It’s good on the whole. But I shot a 6 without having really got myself ready. I hope we can improve in the next match.”   On the upcoming gold medal match: “If possible, we’d like to clinch gold, and actually everybody likes gold. We are getting better and better in form, but it’s still hard to say and it depends largely on our performance in the next match.”   Comments from Michele FRANGILLI (ITA) after Chinese Taipei’s victory over Italy in the Men's Team Quarterfinal on Wednesday.   FRANGILLI Michele (ITA)-Archer On the performance: “Satisfied? No! But it’s only a test event and we still have 2008(Olympics).”   On the opponents: “We won’t have chance to meet the Koreans but that’s ok. We have met them thousand of times before. But as for Chinese Taipei, it’s the first time for me. In the first half I thought it was 50-50 for us but then, you know, they did not shoot according to our wishes.”   On the different pressures: “It’s too too too hot for me.”   Comments from Balzhinima TSYREMPILOV (RUS) after Malaysia’s victory over Russia in the Men's Team Quarterfinal on Wednesday.   TSYREMPILOV Balzhinima (RUS) -Archer On the unexpected difficulty of this match: "Actually, I do not think that there were any difficulties in this match. After all, I have already attended numerous matches. ”   On the effect of being passed during the second end: “Though we began to lag behind from then on, it did not have any negative influence on us –this is our national character. Lagging behind does not mean that we were going to lose the whole game. We would also try our best to shoot well.”   On frequently changing the first shooter: “Our main target was to win, and there were no particular strategic arrangements. Our top priority is the daily training.”   On the weather: “We came from Russia, which is to the north of China, so I feel a little hot here. But the weather has not influenced our performance in this tournament.”   On expectations for winning gold in the Individual Event: “Certainly, it will be fantastic if I could win the gold, but it is also very normal if I turned out to be the forth. Shooting well in the game is the most important of all.”   Comments from Crispin DUENAS(CAN), MACDONALD Hugh(CAN) after Italy’s victory over Canada in the Men's Team 1/8 Elimination on Wednesday.   DUENAS Crispin (CAN)-Archer On the performance today: "I did as best as I could. I am satisfied. As a building team, we still need to learn more."   On the goal of men’s individual: "Go all the way to the medals. "   On the opponent ITA "They are great and well known in the world. They are very experienced and they have won many titles. "   On the music during rest time between two ends: "I like it and it makes me feel relaxed, we can’t help shaking our body when listened to it. "   MACDONALD Hugh (CAN)-Archer On the habit of using left hand: "It doesn’t make any difference from athletes who use there right hands and I am used to it. "   On the goal for the individual: "Maybe the first eight. "   LYON Jay (CAN)-Archer On the goal for the men’s individual: "I want to go to the final. "   Comments from MORIYA Ryuichi (JPN) after Japan’s victory over Spain in the Men's Team 1/8 Elimination on Wednesday.   MORIYA Ryuichi (JPN)-Archer On his performance: "Just so so! I could have done better. I was a little bit nervous. But I had not shot five 10 points in a match before, and our team shot three 10 points in the second ends. So I think, yes, the result is not bad! "   On which team he is worried about most coming into the following rounds: “Korea! If I have to name a second one—it is America. We have met them many times before, but unfortunately they always won. I don’t think we are not as qualified as them. Maybe there are some other elements, like we are nervous. I hope this time we can beat the American team.”   Comments from Andres GOMEZ(ESP) after Japan’s victory over Spain in the Men's Team 1/8 Elimination on Wednesday.   GOMEZ Andres (ESP)-Archer On the 6-point score for the first arrow: "Due to the wind, the first arrow was affected a little bit and only scored 6 points, along with my nervousness at the beginning of the match competing against such a strong team as Japan. "   On the following 10 and 9-point scores: “Thanks to my usual training, I realized that mistake and made an adjustment in time. It is a match, and what is done is done. So I had to ignore the mistake and tried my best to shoot. As the match proceeded, I felt better and more relaxed to exert myself well by adjusting myself to the circumstances.”   On expectations in the coming Men’s Individual match: Despite my unsatisfactory performance in the Men’s Ranking round (Rank 54) encountering those strong opponents, I will still exert myself to gain a good place in the Men’s Individual match.”   Comments from YONG Fujun (CHN) after Malaysia’s victory over China in the Men's Team 1/8 Elimination on Wednesday.   YONG Fujun (CHN)-Archer On performance: "I’m not satisfied with my own performance. I think I have only exerted to sixty percent of my full ability. The performance of the whole team was not that satisfactory, either."   On the reasons of losing: “I think we had some problems when dealing with some shots.”   On shooting a seven during the match: “Actually I did not feel bad while shooting that arrow. Maybe there was something wrong with my use of strength. ”   On dealing with the pressure: “We should focus on our daily training, and try to turn the pressure into motivation.””   On his recent shape: “I was not nervous during the match, but I have not been in really good shape recently.”   On objectives on the individual match: “I will try to perform in the individual round. Now I do not have very high expectations. I will treat everything with a peaceful mindset. ”   Comments from CHENG Chu Sian(MAS) and SULAIMAN Muhammad Marbawi(MAS) after Malaysia’s victory over China in the Men's Team 1/8 Elimination on Wednesday.   CHENG Chu Sian(MAS)-Archer On performance: "Not very satisfied. In training we could easily shoot over 220 points.”   On how far they can go in this tournament: “We don’t know. We just do our job and wait and see the outcome.”   On who will represent Malaysia at the Olympics: “I and SULAIMAN will be at the Olympics next year, but the ticket for WAN (WAN AB AZIZ W Mohd Khalmizam) may not be available.”   SULAIMAN Muhammad Marbawi(MAS)-Archer On the opponents (China): "They are very good, but perhaps they were nervous today."   News Service “Good Luck Beijing”