Tuesday, August 12, 2008

ARCHERY:Korea,the mordern master

The Korean women set a world and Olympic record on the way to winning the Gold medal in yesterdays team event continuing their domination of women’s archery and making history by winning their sixth consecutive Olympic Gold medal at the Olympic Green Archery field. Korea led China by two points at the conclusion of the first end and then continued to increase their lead throughout the remainder of the final winning the game by 224 vs 215. With this win the Korean team entered the top 10 of longest winning streaks in any Olympic team event. The longest winning streaks are held in Athletics by the US Mens 4x100 relay and the US Men’s Eight in rowing, which both won eight times in a row between 1920 and 1956.

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