Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual Medals

After the drubbing both men received in their semifinals Ahmed El-Nemr and Xiaxiang Dai matched up well as they fought it out over the bronze medal. Egyptian El-Nemr started the stronger with a perfect opening set and another pair of tens in the second to take a 4-0 lead. Dai was quite consistent though with one shot, an eight in set number two, outside of the gold rings through the first four sets and this consistency started to pay off when his opponent stuttered on the brink of victory.

Dai had pole position in the third set after hitting all gold and El-Nemr starting off with a seven unable to recover and the Chinese athlete was down 4-2. Dai matched his previous score while his opponent could only improve his loose shot to an eight and for the first time he was unable to hit a ten in a set resulting in a decider.

The final set was full of nerves as both men hit a pair of eights to round out their scores and the only difference came down to their first shots: a nine for Dai and a ten for bronze medalist El-Nemr.

The final was full of great shooting as both archers hit nothing but nines and tens but it was over in a flash. Chinese entrant Yu Xing had only dropped two sets on his way to this final while Luis Alvarez had a tougher route with a pair of five setters including a comeback from 0-4 down in the 1/8 stage so the end result was a little surprising to spectators.

The match opened with the Mexican hitting two tens to Xing's one, a feat repeated in the second set for a 4-0 Alvarez lead. The third set would see Alvarez do it once more leaving Yu Xing settling for a silver medal as he hit all nines to close out the Olympic archery tournament.

Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) 30-28 28-27 26-28 26-28 26-25

Luis Alvarez (MEX) 28-30 26 def.Yu Xing (CHN) 29-28 29-28 29-27

Gold: Luis Alvarez (MEX)
Silver: Yu Xing (CHN)
Bronze: Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY)

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual Semifinal

Yu Xing booked his place in the Olympic final with a perfect third set to defeat El-Nemr in straight sets. It will not be an all Chinese final as Luis Alvarez condemned Xiaoxiang Dai to battle it out with the Egyptian for a Bronze medal; this result was also a straight sets victory but incredibly Alvarez only missed the bullseye once on his penultimate shot.

Men's Individual Semifinal results:
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Yu Xing (CHN) 27-26 27-25 30-25

Luis Alvarez (MEX) 28-30 26 def. Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) 30-28 30-26 29-28

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual Quarterfinal

After the drama of the previous round it was an all together calmer affair in the quarterfinals with China's Xiaoxiang Dai beating Tarundeep Rai in straight sets and fellow countryman Yu Xing taking care of Ukrainian Dmytro Hrachov in four.

Ahmed El-Nemr from Egypt dropped the opening set but edged Cheng-Pang Wang of Taipei in the next three and the fourth semifinalist is Luis Alvarez who came out on top in an all Mexican five setter.

Men's Individual Quarterfinal results:
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Cheng-Pang Wang (TPE) 25-26 27-26 27-25 25-24
Yu Xing (CHN) def. Dmytro Hrachov (UKR)  30-29 28-30 29-27 28-27

Luis Alvarez (MEX) def. Mauro Nespoli (MEX) 29-27 28-28 28-27 26-29 27-27
Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) def. Tarundeep Rai (IND) 28-27 28-27 28-26

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/8 Elimination Round

This round featured a wealth of exciting archery with four of them needing a shoot-off to seperate the competitors. China have two athletes in the quarterfinals with Yu Xing and Xiaoxiang Dai defeating Brit Larry Godfrey and American Brady Ellison respectively in four sets. The second remaining British archer, Simon Terry, was also eliminated as Indian Tarundeep Rai swept past him in straight sets.

Markiyan Ivashko, the Ukrainian who has impressed with his two straight sets victories with nine tens including a score of thirty, met his match in the form of Egypt's Ahmed El-Nemr but he came back from a 0-4 scoreline to force the shoot-off where he lost 10 to 7. El-Nemr will face off against Taipei's Cheng-Pang Wang after he emerged victorious from his match with Haziq Kamaruddin, Wang and the Malaysian going back and forth throughout before the entrant from Taipei edged it by less than an inch.

Luis Alvarez and Mauro Nespoli will compete in an all-Mexican quarterfinal as they both took shoot-off wins, with the former coming back from 0-4 down and the latter tying three straight sets against Frenchman Gael Prevost.

Men's Individual 1/8 Elimination results:
Cheng-Pang Wang (TPE) def. Haziq Kamaruddin (MAS) 28-28 25-29 28-26 25-26 27-25 (6-5)
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Markiyan Ivashko (UKR) 29-25 29-26 27-27 26-27 23-28 (6-5)
Dmytro Hrachov (UKR) def. Jacob Wukie (USA) 29-28 25-27 27-24 27-28 29-28
Yu Xing (CHN) def. Larry Godfrey (GBR) 28-25 29-28 28-28 28-28

Luis Alvarez (MEX) def. Rafal Dobrowolski (POL) 27-28 25-27 30-25 27-26 28-28 (6-5)
Mauro Nespoli (MEX) def. Gael Prevost (FRA) 25-28 27-25 27-27 26-26 27-27 (6-5)
Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) def. Brady Ellison (USA) 26-25 28-27 27-28 27-24
Tarundeep Rai (IND) def. Simon Terry (GBR) 28-24 29-24 27-26

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination Round Results

Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination results:
Cheng-Pang Wang (TPE) def. Dong Hyuan Im (KOR) 30-26 28-27 25-26 28-28 29-29
Haziq Kamaruddin (MAS) Rick Van Der Ven (NED) 25-27 24-24 23-25 28-27 28-27 (6-5)
Markiyan Ivashko (UKR) def. Nay Myo Aung (MYA) 30-28 28-25 26-24
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Elias Malave (VEN) 29-27 22-28 28-24 24-27 30-26

Dmytro Hrachov (UKR) def. Takahura Furukawa (JPN) 28-27 28-27 28-29 28-25
Jacob Wukie (USA) def. Hideki Kikuchi (JPN) 27-27 28-26 28-27 25-26 26-27 (6-5)
Yu Xing (CHN) def. Khairul Anuar Mohamad (MAS) 28-26 29-28 29-29 30-25
Larry Godfrey (GBR) def. Marco Galliazzo (ITA) 28-24 28-25 29-25

Luis Alvarez (MEX) def. Jin Hyek Oh (KOR) 28-28 27-27 29-26 29-27
Rafal Dobrowolski (POL) def. Rahul Banerjee (IND) 29-21 29-25 27-29 26-26 28-28
Mauro Nespoli (MEX) def. Viktor Ruban (UKR)27-27 27-22 28-27 29-24
Gael Prevost (FRA) def. Thomas Faucheron (FRA) 29-29 27-26 26-25 27-24

Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) def. Milad Vaziri Teymoorlooei (IRI)28-28 29-27 27-29 28-25 28-26
Brady Ellison (USA) def. Alan Wills (GBR) 27-25 27-28 27-24 30-26
Simon Terry (GBR) def. Dan Olaru (ROU) 27-27 28-27 29-27 24-30 27-27
Tarundeep Rai (IND) def. Bubmin Kim (KOR) 25-26 29-27 25-25 29-25 28-27

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination Round

It was a tougher test for the victors of round two as only Britain's Larry Godfrey and Markiyan Ivashko of the Ukraine managed to win in straight sets.  The two Korean archers were both dumped out of the competition in five set battles. Cheng-Pang Wang from Taipei defeated Dong Hyuan Im, starting out the contest with a perfect score, and Indian archer Tarundeep Rai beat Bubmin Kim after dropping the first set.

In terms of comebacks the biggest came from Haziq Kamaruddin of Malaysia as he trailed Dutchman Rick Van Der Ven 1-5 before marginally taking the final two sets leading to a shoot-off where Kamaruddin hit the ten, Van Der Ven out on a nine. 

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round Results

Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination results:
Dong Hyuan Im (KOR) def. Emanuele Guidi (SMR) 27-22 25-20-22-14
Cheng-Pang Wang (TPE) def. (Daniel Felipe Penida (COL) 23-27 26-26 27-24 24-23 27-23
Haziq Kamaruddin (MAS) def. Denis Gankin (KAZ) 26-29 28-25 27-26 28-26
Rick Van Der Ven (NED) def. Jeff Henckels (LUX) 28-28 28-24 27-25 28-26

Nay Myo Aung (MYA) def. Romain Girouille (FRA) 29-28 29-26 25-27 26-26 28-27
Markiyan Ivashko (UKR) def. Elias Cuesta (ESP) 28-27 28-27 27-25
Elias Malave (VEN) def. Cheng-Wei Kuo (TPE) 29-23 28-27 28-28 29-27
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Crispin Duenas (CAN) 27-24 25-24 27-26

Takahura Furukawa (JPN def. Kar Wei Calvin Lee (HKG) 26-27 28-27 29-28 28-25
Dmytro Hrachov (UKR) def. Michele Frangilli (ITA) 28-27 27-26 29-27
Hideki Kikuchi (JPN) def. Baard Nesteng (NOR) 27-26 26-26 26-23 26-27 26-22
Jacob Wukie (USA) def. Jayanta Talukdar (IND) 27-26 28-28 28-25 29-22

Yu Xing (CHN) def. Camilo Mayr (GER) 28-25 28-26 28-26
Khairul Anuar Mohamad (MAS) def. Chu Sian Cheng (MAS) 28-26 28-28 28-26 27-29 27-27
Marco Galliazzo (ITA) def. Juan Reme Serrano (MEX) 25-24 26-27 28-28 20-27 29-25
Larry Godfrey (GBR) def. Md Emdadul Haque Milon (BAN) 29-24 26-19 29-23

Jin Hyek Oh (KOR) def. Axel Muller (SUI) 26-23 24-25 28-27 28-23
Luis Alvarez (MEX) def. Yavor Vasilev Hristov (BUL) 27-22 28-28 26-23 27-25
Rahul Banerjee (IND) def. Jantsan Gantugs (MGL) 25-25 28-23 28-23 29-23
Rafal Dobrowolski (POL) Daniel Rezende Xavier (BRA) 26-26 26-26 28-29 27-24 25-24

Mauro Nespoli (MEX) def. Yu Cheng Chen (TPE) 28-26 26-29 2827 27-26 26-26 (6-5)
Viktor Ruban (UKR) def. (Zhaowu Liu (CHN) 28-27 27-26 27-27 26-27 29-27
Thomas Faucheron (FRA) def. Witthaya Thamwong (THA) 22-25 26-25 22-24 29-24 26-26 (6-5)
Gael Prevost (FRA) def. Reme Philippe Kouassi (CIV) 28-21 24-18 27-26

Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) def. Klemen Strajhar (SLO) 26-27 28-24 26-24 27-25
Milad Vaziri Teymoorlooei (IRI) def. Luis Eduardo Velez (MEX) 28-27 24-28 25-29 28-28 28-26 (6-5)
Alan Wills (GBR) def. Taylor Worth (USA) 26-26 23-28 26-27 28-26 27-26 (6-5)
Brady Ellison (USA) def. Mark Javier (CZE) 27-25 26-23 29-28

Simon Terry (GBR) def. Yu Ishizu (JPN) 23-25 25-28 28-26 28-27 24-22
Dan Olaru (ROU) def. Jake Kaminski (USA) 27-28 23-28 29-28 28-24 26-25
Tarundeep Rai (IND) Juan Carlos Stevens (CUB) 29-28 29-27 24-26 28-27
Bubmin Kim (KOR) def. Robert Elder (FIJ) 29-26 28-26 26-25

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round

The men's individual tournament got under way with all three British entrants through to the next round. Larry Godfrey saw of his Bangladeshi opponent in straight sets while Simon Terry and Alan Wills both needing to get it done through five sets; Wills requiring a 10-8 win in the shoot-off after falling 1-5 behind to put an end to the challenge of Australian Taylor Worth.

Other dramatic shoot-off results for Thomas Faucheron, leading to an all-French match with Gael Prevost, and Milad Vaziri Teymoorlooei from Iran saw them come through. The Korean archers Dong Hyuan Im and Bubmin Kim were among a pack of nine men who all cruised through in straight sets.

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual Preview

The final event features the men in individual competition. As in the Women's Individual there are sixty-four competitors playing a best-of-five set format.

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual Medal

The women;s individual event closes out with a pair of five set thrillers. The battle for the bronze medal went back and forth between Aida Roman and Jessica Tomasi with the Italian shooting a perfect first set. Roman tied it at 2two points each with a 10-10-9 scoreline, just edging Tomasi's 9-9-10. Both archers had a wild shot in the third set with Tomasi's seven just beating out her Mexican opponents six for a 4-2 lead.

Two tens from the Italian was not quite enough to close it out in the fourth as a shot landing in the seven only tied the set, but Tomasi stayed ahead 5-3. Roman was able to force a shoot-off with a trio of nines in the final set, Tomasi improved as the finale wore on but her opening shot of another seven cost her. So the difference between a medal and nothing would be decided by a single shot. Both women hit the nine but one arrow was clearly closer to the centre than the other meaning that Aida Roman was Olympic Bronze medalist.

In the final it all Ren Hayakawa and Sunj Jin Lee fired home fifteen bullseyes between them but Lee enjoyed the better start with four tens in the opening two sets, Hayakawa able to match her opponent 9-10-10 in the second to claim a point and was 1-3 down.

The Japanese archer was able to replicate her second set score in the third while Lee hit her only eight of the match for a 3-3 scoreline. Momentum turned back to the Korean at the start of the fourth, her 10-9-9 beating Hayakawa's 7-9-9 for a 5-3 advantage heading into the final set where both women again fell just shy of the perfect round meaning a point each gives Sung Jin Lee the Gold medal.

Women's Individual Bronze Medal Match
Aida Roman (MEX) def. Jessica Tomasi (ITA) 28-30, 29-28, 24-26, 27-27, 27-26 (6-5)

Women's Individual Gold Medal Match
Sung Jin Lee (KOR) def. Ren Hayakawa (JPN) 29-26, 29-29, 27-29, 28-25, 29-29

Gold: Sung Jin Lee (KOR)
Silver: Ren Hayakawa (JPN)
Bronze: Aida Roman (MEX)

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual Semifinals

The medal matchups have been determined and the Olympic final will be an all Asian affair between Ren Hayakawa of Japan and Korea's Sung Jin Lee. Lee swept aside the challenge of Mexican Aida Roman in straight sets with a masterclass in archery, firing off seven tens out of her nine shots including a perfect opening set.

It was a much tougher task for Hayakawa to reach the final having to come back from a 0-4 scoreline to win it in a shoot-off. Italy's Jessica Tomasi was in the zone early on with three of her first six arrows landing in the ten and, while she did hit the bullseye in every set, suffered with some wayward shots ending up scoring only seven.With a tense ending to the match as Hayakawa took the third and fifth sets and tying the fourth, the match was decided on an equally tense footing as both athletes hit the ten. The measuring conducted and Ren Hayakawa won by a slim margin.

Women's Individual Semifinal results:
Ren Hayakawa (JPN) Jessica Tomasi (ITA) 26-28, 25-27, 26-24, 26-26, 29-28 (6-5)

Sung Jin Lee (KOR) def. Aida Roman (MEX) 30-28, 28-26, 29-27

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual Quarterfinal Results

The final four are now decided but none of them had it easy. Jessica Tomasi of Italy was tied at 2-2 after two sets but finished off with 10-10-9 in the final sets to knock out China's Ming Cheng. She will play Ren Hayakawa who edged out Russian Ksenia Perova. The Japanese archer was 4-2 up after three sets with the final two sets tied to give Hayakawa victory.

On the other side of the draw it was a hard slog for Sung Jin Lee as she dropped the first and last sets leaving her to win through the shoot-off; Kristina Timofeva hit a seven but Lee struck the eight. Her semifinal opponent is Mexico's Aida Roman who started out 1-3 after two sets before her consistency beat down the challenge of Ukrainian Kateryna Palekha.

Women's Individual Quarterfinal results:
Ren Hayakawa (JPN) def. Ksenia Perova (RUS) 29-26, 26-25, 25-26, 27-27, 28-28
Jessica Tomasi (ITA) def. Ming Cheng (CHN) 28-24, 24-28, 29-27, 29-26

Aida Roman (MEX) def. Kateryna Palekha (UKR) 27-27, 24-27, 26-24, 27-25, 26-26
Sung Jin Lee (KOR) def. Kristina Timofeeva (RUS) 24-27, 26-25, 27-27, 28-25, 26-28 (6-5)

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual 1/8 Elimination Round Results

Three of the final sixteen had little trouble in booking their spots for the quarterfinals. Ksenia Perova, Ming Cheng and Sung Jin Lee all won in straight sets with Lee hitting seven tens, including a clean sweep in the second set. The Japanese women had a tough day with only Ren Hayakawa surviving out of the three competitors, and she needed a fourth set to see off Ukraine's Sichenikova; Kanie lost in four to Mexico's Aida Roman and Kawanaka tied the final set, one point away from completing her comeback from 5-1 down to Jessica Tomasi of Italy.

Women's Individual 1/8 Elimination results:
Ren Hayakawa (JPN) def. Lidia Sichenikova (UKR) 26-26, 26-23, 26-25, 28-27
Ksenia Perova (RUS) def. Yuting Fang (CHN) 27-25, 28-27, 27-25

Jessica Tomasi (ITA) def. Kaori Kawanaka (JPN) 29-27, 29-23, 25-25, 26-27, 27-27
Ming Cheng (CHN) def. Khatuna Lorig (USA) 26-23, 27-24, 29-25

Kateryna Palekha (UKR) def. Ya-Ting Tan (TPE) 26-28, 26-24, 27-26, 26-23
Aida Roman (MEX) def. Miki Kanie (JPN) 26-29, 27-26, 27-23, 29-26

Kristina Timofeeva (RUS) def. Carina Christiansen (DEN) 28-27, 23-24, 28-27, 30-22
Sung Jin Lee (KOR) def. Chekrovlu Swuro (IND) 29-27, 30-26, 29-26

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual 1/16 Elimination Round Results

Women's Individual 1/16 Elimination results:
Lidia Sichenikova (UKR) def. Bo Bae Ki (KOR) 27-26, 27-25, 28-25
Ren Hayakawa (JPN) def. Inna Stepanova (RUS) 25-22, 24-27, 28-22, 28-26
Ksenia Perova (RUS) def.  Un Sil Kown (PRK) 28-24, 27-26, 29-24
Yuting Fang (CHN) def. Deepika Kumari (IND) 25-27, 27-26, 26-26, 27-27, 27-27 (6-5)

Kaori Kawanaka (JPN) def. Chia-En Lin (TPE) 22-22, 21-25, 25-14, 28-22, 24-22
Jessica Tomasi (ITA) def. Irla Grandal (ESP) 30-25, 26-29, 24-25, 25-21, 26-23
Ming Cheng (CHN) def. Alejandra Valencia (MEX) 26-25, 25-27, 27-26, 25-21
Khatuna Lorig (USA) def. Marie-Per Beaudet (CAN) 28-24, 25-28, 25-24, 28-24

Ya-Ting Tan (TPE) def. Elena Richter (GER) 27-24, 28-28, 28-22, 27-26
Kateryna Palekha (UKR) def. Pia Lionetti (ITA) 27-26, 28-26, 26-24
Aida Roman (MEX) def. Evangelia Psarra (GRE) 26-25, 27-23, 28-23
Miki Kanie (JPN) def. Natalia Lesniak (POL) 24-24, 25-17, 27-25, 27-29, 24-26 (6-5)

Carina Christiansen (DEN) def. Begul Lokluoglu (TUR) 29-26, 24-28, 21-30, 28-27, 26-23
Kristina Timofeeva (RUS) def. Mariana Avitia (MEX) 22-23, 25-30, 26-25, 27-27, 25-24 (6-5)
Chekrovlu Swuro (IND) def. Allison Williamson (GBR) 28-26, 27-27, 26-28, 28-25, 27-26
Sung Jin Lee (KOR) def. Kristine Esebua (GEO) 27-28, 27-25, 28-25, 26-26, 26-25

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual 1/16 Elimination Round

First a correction. I had originally played out this tournament after misreading the rules. Instead of one arrow per set, it is three shots per set. The first round results stand but I have replayed the remainder of the competition and will do the same for the men. My apologies for the sticky start and to Paul Morris - his rules were clear, the mistake was mine.

At the top of the draw Korean Bo Bae Ki was dumped 6-0 by Lidiia Sichenikova as the Ukrainian hit a ten in each set. She will play Japanese archer Ren Hayakawa who needed a fourth set to finish off Stepanova. China's Yuting Fang held her nerve in the shoot-off by shooting a ten to Kumari's eight, this after three straight sets to keep the scores tied.

The big comeback of the round came from the bow of Kristina Timofeeva who trailed Mariana Avitia 0-4 with the Mexican hitting a perfect second set. There was almost nothing between them after that with the Russian edging two of the final three sets by a single point, tying the other, and going on to win the shoot-off 10-9. Finally the last Brit is out as Allison Williamson dropped a five setter to India's Chekrovlu Swuro.

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round Results

Women's Individual 1/32 Elimination results:
Bo Bae Ki (KOR) def. Rand Al-Mashhadanni (IRQ) 10-5 8-5 9-7
Lidia Sichenikova (UKR) def. Ekaterina Timfeyeva (BLR) 10-6 10-9 10-8
Inna Stepanova (RUS) def. Rachelle Anne Cabral (PHI) 8-8 9-8 9-8 9-9
Ren Hayakawa (JPN) def. Christine Bjerendal (SWE) 9-9 10-8 9-7 9-9

Ksenia Perova (RUS) def. Nada Kamel (EGY) 8-8 9-8 10-7 10-7
Un Sil Kown (PRK) def. Natalia Valeeva (ITA) 9-7 10-9 7-9 9-7
Yuting Fang (CHN) def. Ika Yuliana Rochmawati (POL) 10-10 10-9 8-10 8-8 10-9
Deepika Kumari (IND) def. Amy Oliver (GBR) 8-8 9-8 9-9 9-9 9-4

Chia-En Lin (TPE) def. Nurul Syafigah Hashim (MAS) 8-9 7-8 10-7 10-9 7-6
Kaori Kawanaka (JPN) def. Berengere Schuh (FRA) 10-10 9-9 9-8 9-8
Jessica Tomasi (ITA) def. Hyeonju Choi (KOR) 9-6 10-9 10-9
Irla Grandal (ESP) def. Ana Maria Rendon (COL) 10-10 9-9 9-8 10-8

Alejandra Valencia (MEX) def. Reena Parnat (EST) 8-6 7-8 9-6 9-6
Ming Cheng (CHN) def. Leidyx Brito (VEN) 9-6 9-9 8-6 7-9 10-9
Marie-Per Beaudet (CAN) def. Louise Laursen (DEN) 9-8 9-7 9-8
Khatuna Lorig (USA) def. Sherud Zam (BHU) 9-6 10-7 9-7

Ya-Ting Tan (TPE) def. Nathalie Dielen (SUI) 6-8 9-8 10-8 7-8 9-7
Elena Richter (GER) def. Maja Jager (DEN) 8-10 9-8 8-8 8-8 8-6
Pia Lionetti (ITA) def. Karen Hultzer (RSA) 8-6 9-6 10-8
Kateryna Palekha (UKR) def. Miranda Leek (USA) 7-10 10-8 10-9 10-9

Aisa Roman (MEX) def. Anastassiya Bannova (KAZ) 9-8 9-9 10-7 10-10
Evangelia Psarra (GRE) def. Bombayla Devi Laishram (IND) 8-4 8-9 9-10 10-8 9-9 (6-5)
Natalia Lesniak (POL) def. Jing xu (CHN) 9-8 10-10 8-9 10-8 9-8
Miki Kanie (JPN) def. Tetyana Dorokhova (UKR) 9-7 10-9 8-9 8-10 9-8

Carina Christiansen (DEN) def. Elisa Barnard (AUS) 8-10 9-6 8-6 9-9 8-8
Begul Lokluoglu (TUR) def. Chien-Ying Le (TPE) 10-10 10-8 4-10 10-9 10-9
Kristina Timofeeva (RUS) def. Naomi Folkard (GBR) 10-8 10-8 8-9 8-9 8-8 (6-5)
Mariana Avitia (MEX) def. Zahra Dehghanabnavi (IRI) 9-9 9-5 8-8 10-6

Jennifer Nichols (USA) def. Chekrovlu Swuro (IND) 6-8 9-9 9-8 10-8 10-8
Allison Williamson (GBR) def. (Bishindee Urantungalag (MGL) 8-9 10-7 10-7 9-9 9-10 (6-5)
Kristine Esebua (GEO) def. Denisse Van Lamoen (CHI) 8-9 9-7 9-7 9-8
Sung Jin Lee (KOR) def. Maureen Tuinalealifano (SAM) 10-8 9-7 9-8

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round

The Gold medal winning team from Taipei had a mixed day with Chia-En Lin and Ya-Ting Tan both taking come from behind victories; Lin was down 0-4 before hitting a pair of tens and just beating Hashim on the final shot. Chien-Ying Le however lost her first round match as Turkey's Begul Lokluoglu hit four tens to take her place in the next round.

The hotly tipped Koreans also have two women past the first hurdle as Bo Bae Ki and Sung Jin Lee sweep past their opponents 6-0 and the home fans had something to cheer for despite the tough losses of both Naomi Folkard and Amy Oliver as Allison Williamson beat Urantungalag of Mongolia in a shoot-off.

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Women's Individual Preview

After the team events comes the men's and women's individual competition. Sixty-four archers will take part in a traditional elimination tournament through six rounds on their way towards the finals. Each contest pits two competitors head-to-head in a best-of-five sets match. Each archer will fire an arrow, the winner scoring two points with a point each for a tie. The first to six points wins and progresses on to the next round. If the match is tied 5-5 then a single arrow shoot-off is required whereby the winner is the athlete who hits nearest to the centre of the target.

As with the team event each archer is carded and dice rolls are compared to their real life performance in order to determine the score for each shot.

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Womens Team Medal Matches

Mexico vs United States - Bronze Medal
A struggling trio of Mexicans went head to head against another consistent United States performance where the Americans once again found the nine early and often. A full house of nines saw the USA up 54-50 after the first end as Mexico were outside the gold rings on three shots. A single eight in the United States' fifth shot only gave them an extra two point advantage after the second end as their opponents found the bullseye but cancelled it out with a seven.

Mexico pulled themselves up to a competing level with just one eight, but this time their ten was matched by the USA leaving the scores 161-155 with one end remaining. It was too much to ask for Mexico as they returned to their inconsistent shooting. For their part the USA finished with another five nines to claim the bronze medals.

MEXICO									UNITED STATES
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	8	9	9	9	8	7	50		1	9	9	9	9	9	9	54
2	8	10	7	9	9	8	51		2	9	9	9	9	8	9	53
3	8	9	9	9	10	9	54		3	9	10	9	9	9	8	54
4	8	10	8	9	8	9	52		4	9	9	9	9	8	9	53
Total							207		Total							214

Korea vs Taipei
After an all North American match it was time to turn attention to the all Asian final. Korea stumbled out of the blocks with a six on the very first arrow. A seven and two eights would also score in the opening end and not even their ten could save them, leaving Taipei up 54-48 as they hit all gold except a lone seven on the final shot.

Korea pulled themselves together after that poor end and edged the Taipei archers in the second to claw back a point. Another high-scoring end from Taipei however left little doubt as to which way this match would go, Korea able to tie 55-55 with three tens but that still left them staring down a 162-157 scoreline.

Taipei extended their lead by another two points after three arrows in the final end and, obviously feeling relaxed, proceeded to end the match with a hat trick of tens becoming Olympic gold medalists.

KOREA									TAIPEI
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	6	9	8	7	10	8	48		1	9	9	10	10	9	7	54
2	9	9	10	9	8	9	54		2	9	10	8	8	9	9	53
3	8	10	8	10	9	10	55		3	8	10	9	9	10	9	55
4	8	9	8	10	9	10	54		4	10	8	9	10	10	10	57
Total							211		Total							219

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Womens Team Semifinals

Korea vs Mexico
The first semifinal was a hot mess, especially in the second end where both teams scored under fifty. Korea held a four point lead after the first with two late tens securing their advantage, but neither side would get inside the ten during the second end and only four nines between them were scored. Both teams had landed in the eight ring four times through the first half of the match, with several arrows scoring lower still.

Business picked up in the third thanks to a trio of bullseyes for Korea while Mexico continued to languish in the eights with only two gold-ringed shots to their credit. The final end was a similar story to guarantee a medal for Korea as they progress to the final leaving Mexico in the bronze medal match.

KOREA									MEXICO
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	9	8	9	8	10	10	54		1	9	8	7	8	9	9	50
2	9	8	8	9	7	6	47		2	8	7	7	9	8	9	48
3	10	10	9	8	8	10	55		3	10	8	9	8	8	8	51
4	9	10	10	9	9	7	54		4	10	9	9	8	7	8	51
Total							210		Total							200

Taipei vs United States
The United States had a unique look about their scoreline with four eights interrupting an otherwise clean sweep of nines. This kept them two points behind at the halfway stage as Taipei found the ten on two occasions. The all gold third ends extended Taipei's lead to four points as they hit another two bullseyes, and they repeated the performance in the fourth end to cement their place in the final to face Korea. USA will play Mexico for the bronze.

TAIPEI									UNITED STATES
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	9	10	9	8	8	9	53		1	9	9	9	8	9	8	52
2	8	9	9	10	8	9	53		2	9	8	8	9	9	9	52
3	10	9	10	9	9	9	56		3	9	9	9	9	9	9	54
4	10	9	10	9	8	9	55		4	9	9	9	9	9	9	54
Total							217		Total							212

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