15 August 2008 - Koreans advance one archer to quarters in morning of upsets

Koreans advance one archer to quarters in morning of upsets  Beijing - 15 August 2008 PARK Kyung-Mo (KOR)    PARK Kyung-Mo (KOR) is the only Korean still standing after his two teammates, LEE Chang-Hwan (KOR) and IM Dong-Hyun (KOR), were knocked out in the 1/8 men's individual elimination round at the Olympic Green Archery Field on Friday.   The biggest upset of the morning session came when Victor WUNDERLE (USA), the No. 41 seed, conquered the No. 8 seed IM on the last arrow, 113-111. Despite his low ranking, WUNDERLE is a three-time Olympian and has an individual silver and team bronze from Sydney 2000.   The second major upset of the morning featured the No. 10 seed LEE and the No. 26 seed CHENG Chu Sian (MAS). At the conclusion of the match LEE and CHENG were tied 105-105. LEE eventually lost in a two-arrow shoot-off.   As expected, the No. 1 seed, Juan Rene SERRANO (MEX), won his match easily against No. 48 seed Maksim KUNDA (BLR), 110-106.    Viktor RUBAN (UKR), Bair BADENOV (RUS), Juan Carlos STEVENS (CUB), and Ryuichi MORIYA (JPN) fill out the quarterfinals field.   Elimination matches resume with the quarterfinals at 16:00.   ONS jf/jg/bc/rw