10 October 2008 - Two Koreans in Recurve Cadet Men final

As of the quarter-final matches, the cadets shoot four ends of three arrows at a target 60 meters away. The pace is different and it increases the pressure on these young athletes.
  Recurve Cadet Men The no. 1 seed KIM Joo Wan (KOR) continued a very consistent run with two wins over Indian representatives. He first beat Rajgovind SWANSI (IND), 114-108, and then Hemanta BASUMATARY (IND), 113-108. It will be Mr KIM vs. Mr KIM in the final as KIM Hyun (KOR) also prevailed 112-107 against Maciej FALDZINSKI (POL) and 114-109 against the third Korean SHIN Jae Hun.   Recurve Cadet Women The two Korean representatives left in this category suffered from defeats in the quarter-finals. The no. 1 seed LIM Su Ji (KOR) lost in a shoot-off versus Lidiia SICHENIKOVA (UKR). The match ended tied at 104. Then LIM shot a 9, while SICHENIKOVA scored a perfect 10 to advance. The Ukrainian then had a thrilling semi-final versus Tatiana SEGINA (RUS). The Russian was trailing 77-78 after nine arrows, but she finished strongly (29 points out of 30) to clinch her spot in the final, 106-102. The Olympian Mariana AVITIA (MEX) took care of business against the second Korean OH Da Mee in the quarter-final, 112-108. However, the Mexican could not finish it of in her semi-final versus the no. 11 seed LIN Shih-Chia (TPE). LIN led 84-83 after nine arrows and finally won the match 112-109!   Compound Cadet Men Joey HUNT III (USA) and Phillip GOWER (GBR) had an amazing quarter-final! The match ended tied at 115 each. In the first arrow of the shoot-off, they both scored a 10. They had to release a second shoot-off arrow, which was again a 10. They did it again for the third and final shoot-off arrow! The judges had to measure who was the closest to the centre and HUNT won! He then continued with a tight match against Yiftach SWERY (NZL). SWERY was actually leading 29-28, 59-57 but HUNT came back 87-87 and clinched victory 115-114 to qualify for the gold medal match! Luca DI BENEDETTO (ITA) had just a slightly easier road. He beat the no. 2 seed C. A. RODRIGUEZ in the quarter-final, 117-114, and then had a roller-coaster match against James HIRTH (AUS) in the semi. The scores evolved 29-30, 59-57, 88-86 and finally 115-114 for DI BENEDETTO.   Compound Cadet Women The no. 9 seed Matea KOLAREK (CRO) took out the no. 1 Tristan SKARVAN (USA) in the quarter-final. The match finished tied at 110 but SKARVAN scored only a 7 in the sudden-death shoot-off. KOLAREK won it with a 9. However, the Croatian could not beat a second American. Kailey JOHNSTON (USA) beat KOLAREK 111-109 in the semi-final. In the other semi, the new match World Record holder Ekaterina KOROBEYNIKOVA (RUS) had an impressive start with a perfect 30 and 28 points in the first two ends. She finally beat G. J. TREVINO (MEX) 113-107 to reach the final!   The cadets will shoot their bronze and gold medal matches on Sunday morning, as of 9:30 local time.   Didier Miéville FITA Communication