13 August 2008 - Flash Quotes - Men's Individual 1/32 and 1/16 (Afternoon Session)

Flash Quotes - Men's Individual 1/32 and 1/16 Beijing – 13 August 2008   Afternoon Session   PARK Kyung-Mo (KOR) - No. 4 seed   On the competition:   "After getting a gold medal in the team event, I felt more comfortable in this match. But it was difficult for me to shoot two matches right in a row."   On his 1/32 elimination match against Luiz Gustavo TRAININI (BRA):   "I think that even though my first competitor was an archer who ranked 61st in the ranking round it was still very important for me to shoot well because if I made a mistake I knew I would lose the match."   Mauro NESPOLI (ITA) - No. 44 seed   On his loss to Alan WILLS (GBR) in the 1/32 elimination round:   "This match was a chance to get a sort of revenge (on WILLS) for my fifth place in the World Cup ranking last year because he took fourth place at the last match in Dover (England). Unfortunately today was not my best day. I don't know what happened, but I wasn't able to shoot as I usually do. My score speaks for itself. I have four years to try to understand what happened."   Alan WILLS (GBR) - No. 21 seed   On defeating GALIAZZO, the reigning Olympic champion, in the 1/16 elimination round:   "Marco's one of the best in the world and I beat him, so I feel I can beat anybody. So bring it on."   On shooting a 10 on the last arrow, to win by one point:   "I didn't feel any pressure. I honestly wasn't thinking about anything."   On being the only GBR archer to advance to the 1/8 elimination round:   "I'm just trying to do the boys proud. They had a rough day today, so I'm just trying to do my best to help Great Britain. It could have been any one of us today that advanced."  Marco GALIAZZO (ITA) - No. 12 seed   On failing to defend his 2004 individual title and on losing the 2008 team gold medal to Korea:   "Unfortunately there will not be an individual medal. We got the silver in team, but it feels like a joke because we were touching the gold medal and at the last arrow it was like the Koreans said, 'say arriverderci to the gold medal.' As for London (2012), let's take one step at a time. Next year we will have the world championships in Korea and we won't let Korea say arriverderci."   Victor WUNDERLE (USA) - No. 41 seed   On USA women's archer Khatuna LORIG acting as his coach during the match against DI BUO:   "She helped keep me in the game when I was struggling. She helped keep my head in the right place. She's a very talented archer and a very talented coach. I wouldn't have had her out there if I didn't think she could help me."   On his match against DI BUO:   "I shot about half the arrows well and about half I didn't shoot as well as I like. But I finished up with a good arrow and that gave me the victory. I'm lucky that the things I did right today outweighed the things I did wrong."   "He's (DI BUO) a great champion and I wish we both could have advanced further."   Ilario DI BUO (ITA) - No. 9 seed   On losing to WUNDERLE:   "I really cannot understand what happened. I was thinking I was shooting well. I didn't feel the pressure from the opening. Unfortunately these Olympics didn't turn out as I had hoped."   Juan Rene SERRANO (MEX) - No. 1 seed   On trailing Daniel MORILLO (ESP), the No. 33 seed, early in the match:   "I was thinking I will win, I want to win. I needed to be focused on my target, focused on my form."   On the match:   "It was good to have my family and friends to be together cheering for me, yelling 'Go Juan Rene, shoot a 10.'"   On MORILLO:   "He was shooting 10s all over the place, it was impressive, but I came away victorious."   ONS mb/bk/bc/adg/mp/ss/ac/py/rw