10 August 2008 - Men's Team: Korea grasps for Gold, Gold, Gold

Men's Team: Korea grasps for Gold, Gold, Gold  Beijing - 10 August 2008   Korea hopes to win their third gold medal in as many Olympics in the men's team competition at the Olympic Green Archery Field on Monday 11 August.   Favourites   Ø      Korea finished the ranking round in first place with IM Dong-Hyun, LEE Chang-Hwan and PARK Kyung-Mo shooting a combined score of 2,015. Ø      IM and PARK were members of the Korean team that won gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Ø      Korea has won three of the five gold medals that have been contested since the team competition was introduced at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. Ø      All three of Korea's archers were top 10 finishers in the ranking round. Ø      Korea is seeded straight into the quarterfinals where they will face the winner of the match between Australia and Poland.   Challengers   Ø      Ukraine is expected to make it through to the semi-finals and will be led by Viktor RUBAN, who finished third individually in the ranking round. Ukraine’s team is the bronze medallist from the Athens Games. Ø      Malaysia is in a good position to win their first Olympic medal after a third place in the ranking round. Wan KHALMIZAM (MAS) is expected to aid the Malaysian team because he finished fifth individually in the ranking round.  Ø      Balijinima TSYREMPILOV (RUS) should play a major role in the Russian Federation's ability to win a medal. TSYREMPILOV finished sixth in the ranking round and brings good international experience to the team as the 2007 World Cup individual winner.   Others    Ø      Great Britain will look to make a mark in the team elimination rounds and Simon TERRY (GBR) to win his second Olympic team medal, having enjoyed bronze at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Ø      Italy, Chinese Taipei and the United States of America round out the top men's teams in contention for a medal. The USA had a disappointing ranking round but will still seek a place on the podium as they missed out on a bronze medal in the Athens Games by only two points.    ONS skh/jg/jf/et/ks

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