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(20 July 1996; Day 01)

Eagle-Eyed Korean Archers Expected to Dominate the Bulls-Eye

Korea has consistently dominated the women's, men's and team competitions in Olympic archery and again has sent a strong team to go for the gold medal. Turkey, Germany and Moldova are expected to challenge the Korean team in the women's competition while Finland and Norway have strong competitors in the men's competition.

The Korean women have always had a strong tradition in archery in both the team and individual competition. The Koreans have won seven of nine individual medals over the last three Olympic Games, and the last two gold medals in the team competition. Representing Korea in fierce competition will be the 1995 World Champion, YOUM You-Ja. Germany is expected to fare well with two world-ranked Olympians representing the country; Barbara MENSING and Cornekia PFOHL. Number one world ranked Natalia VALEEVA of Moldova will be looking to redeem herself after an unexpectedly weak showing at the Atlanta Grand Prix in April. Olympians who had excellent showings at the Grand Prix include Paola FANOTO of Italy, WANG Xiaozhu and YING He of China. Top contenders from Turkey are Natalia NASARIDZE and Elif ALTINAYNAK.

In the men's competition, world-ranked Olympians to watch include number one ranked archer, Jari LIPPONEN of Finland, number two ranked Martinus GROV of Norway, and number six ranked WU Tsung-Yi of Chinese Taipei. Korea has won a silver medal the last two Olympic Games and this year has sent KIM Bo Ram, the Asia Cup gold medalist to compete for the Olympic gold.

Archery competition will commence on 28 July at Stone Mountain Park as 128 archers from 36 counties compete for the coveted Olympic medals.

This is an official publication of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games Sports Publications Department. Written by Victoria St. Martin


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The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).