South Korea Wins Team Gold
After sweeping the individual medals, three South Korean women joined to easily win the team archery gold for the fourth consecutive Olympics on Thursday, setting another world record.
Yun Mi-jin, Kim Soo-nyung and Kim Nam-soon first scored an Olympic record 252 in the quarterfinals against the United States trio of Janet Dykman, Denise Parker and Karen Scavotto.
The United States’ team scored 240 points.
Then the South Koreans breezed by Germany in the semifinals, 251-238, and equaled their score in the final against Ukraine, 251-239.
Germany beat Turkey for the bronze medal.
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