10 August 2008 - Flash Quotes - Women's Team 1/4 Finals

Flash Quotes - Women's Team 1/4 Finals Beijing – 10 August 2008   Charlotte BURGESS (GBR)   On shooting a 10 with her final arrow:   "I was relieved. That's the best word to describe it. At first, I was shaky but, this afternoon, I'm going to pop them in the blue."   On her nerves during the match:   "I was quite nervous and my heart rate was high. Now I have to go back and regroup for this afternoon. It was nerve-wracking for me during the match."   On Great Britain's shooting order:   "It's what we've done for three or four years. Naomi FOLKARD goes first, Alison WILLIAMSON second and me third. We all feel comfortable shooting in that order."   Naomi FOLKARD (GBR)   On the team's feelings heading into their match with Japan:   "We felt we were in a good position today. We shot well today at practice. We try to keep our spirits up."   On shooting in the rain:   "Between practice out here and the match, the rain got heavier. I moved my sight down to compensate and maybe I shouldn't have. Allison moved hers up - maybe she shouldn't have. But you learn from experience."   Alison WILLIAMSON (GBR)   On shooting a 10-point arrow at the final end:   "When I shot the ten I was like 'we need a ten'. It's good when you want to do something and you do it."   On her position as the middle archer in the team and whether they could change it:   "No, because we trust it. It's just the way our team works best."   On whether they were somewhat unprepared when the shooting started:   "Maybe a little. You practise on the targets here (pointing to the training field) and they call you, so it's a while before you shoot an arrow. Now that we have done that, we will know what to expect this afternoon."   On Japan's performance:   "It was a tough match. It was up to the last three arrows. They pushed us. We were trailing going into the last end."   ONS mo/er/mb/skh/ds/rw     Nami HAYAKAWA (JPN)   On the performance today and losing to GBR:   "We'll try our best to win in the individual matches. This team match will not influence individual matches and we will continue training tomorrow and enjoy the other matches."   Sayoko KITABATAKE (JPN)   On today's team match:   "The most difficult part is the mental (side)."   KOICHI Ikeda (JPN) - coach   On what they learned from losing to GBR:   "If we shoot again we will prepare better mentally, to be as calm as possible."   On how the team felt during the match:   "When the team was shooting they focused on each shot (but) didn't pay attention to the score. I take some responsibility for losing the match."    ONS lj/ct/mo/fa/ks     Berengere SCHUH (FRA)    On winning against Poland in the team 1/4 elimination round:   "It was a good match for the French team. We put pressure on the Polish team by scoring 30 points in the last end."    Sophie DODEMONT (FRA)   On their performance in the match against Poland, who also lost to France at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games:   "We feel fine. We made 30 points in the last end. The Polish got disturbed. There is no revenge for Poland."   On their performance in the last end:   "We didn't give up at anytime. We were courageous and our team collaborates well."   ONS er/yd/mo/skh/djk/ks     Justyna MOSPINEK (POL)   On why Poland lost:   "I don't know what happened. I think the French team had an advantage because we started to get too relaxed."   On the French team hitting three 10s in a row:   "They started to shoot 10s. Of course it's not comfortable when an opponent hits three 10s in a row, but it wasn't the only thing that was wrong with our performance."   On her first shot on the fourth end, a seven, and whether it affected her teammates:   "No, when one of us shoots bad the rest of the team should shoot their best. I don't think my shot affected the team."   Malgorzata CWIENCZEK (POL)   On the shooting order affecting the match:   "The French team came through in this situation because they shot first. The Polish team had more stress on them."   ONS bk/mb/skh/ir/rw     Pia Carmen LIONETTI (ITA)   On the match:   "We shot the same as we did in the World Cup fourth stage final. But (KOR) did improve their results so much. I think they come from another planet."   On their seeding which forced them to play Korea in the 1/4 elimination match:   "We were unlucky. I felt so much pressure during the ranking round. For my teammate Elena TONETTA (ITA) there was not so much.   Natalia VALEEVA (ITA)   On the Korean team setting a world record:   "They have three great archers. I'm happy for them for the world record.  I'm not happy that it wasn't enough for us."   On what they could have done better in the match:   "We should have shot better yesterday so we could shoot with the Koreans in the semi-finals. We needed to be in the finals.  We should have been more ready."   ONS mp/mb/skh/djk/spd     YUN Ok-Hee (KOR)   On advice received from PARK Sung-Hyun (KOR):   "Even though it was very crowded I could hear PARK Sung-Hyun's voice. She told me something about my posture and my technique."    JOO Hyun-Jung (KOR)   On support from Koreans in the crowd:   "I was helped by the Korean spectators cheering."   PARK Sung-Hyun (KOR)   On setting the world record with a score of 231 in the match:   "Even though we broke the world record we are not satisfied yet because our goal is a gold medal. If we continually shoot this way we might break more."    On how she's feeling:   "My condition is very good. I just shoot as I do in training. We will try to get an even higher score for the team."   ONS py/ct/mo/jg/skh/fa/spd