Taiwan’s female archers made disappointing exits from the individual competition at the Olympics yesterday.
Yuan Shu-chi (袁叔琪), who finished fourth in the individual competition in Athens in 2004 was knocked out in the second round of the 64-woman draw yesterday by China’s Zhang Juanjuan 110-105.
“I could never get the feel of my release point. I tried to do my best but instead was consistently off,” said Yuan, who was unable to hold back the tears after her defeat.
“Even though I kept making adjustments, I still wasn’t accurate. I was even surprised [by how poorly I performed],” she said.
Yuan, who finished sixth out of 64 archers in Saturday’s qualification round, struggled the entire morning, shooting only one 10 against Zhang and three in an earlier first round 104-101 victory over Alexandra Feeney of Australia.
She stayed level with Zhang after the first three arrows, but four eightss in her next six arrows left her too far behind to mount a late comeback.
Yuan’s teammate Wu Hui-ju, (吳惠如) along with Yuan a member of Taiwan’s silver-medal winning team in Athens, collapsed in her round of 64 match yesterday afternoon, losing 104-98 to Leidys Brito of Venezuela.
The normally consistent Wu shot two seven’s in her first six arrows and never recovered.
Taiwan’s third archer, Wei Pi-hsiu (魏碧銹) went down 108-99 to Alison Williamson of Great Britain.
Wei shot three seven’s and four eight’s to hand Williamson an easy victory.
The women archers had been tipped to win a medal in the team competition and Yuan and Wu were both expected to perform well in the individual competition.
Taiwanese coach Lin Cheng-hsien (林政賢) said that the results were unexpected and that the pressure of expectation may have weighed too heavily on the trio
The archery team had been considered a good bet for a medal before the Games.
South Korea’s top-seeded trio of Park Sung-hyun, Yun Ok-hee and Joo Hyun-jung coasted through to the last 16.
The three easily got through the first round before Park defeated German Anja Hitzler 112-107 in the second. Yun beat Canadian Marie-Pier Beaudet 114-107 and Joo slipped by Italian Natalia Valeeva.
Brazil has four teams, more than any other country, in the expanded Club World Cup that kicked off yesterday in the US, but for SE Palmeiras, the competition holds a special meaning: winning it would provide some redemption. Under coach Abel Ferreira since 2020, Palmeiras lifted two Copa Libertadores titles, plus Brazilian league, cup and state championships. Even before Ferreira, it boasted another South American crown and 11 league titles. The only major trophy missing is a world champions’ title. Other Brazilian clubs like Fluminense FC and Botafogo FR, also in the tournament, have never won it either, but the problem for Palmeiras
Paris Saint-Germain’s Lee Kang-in has pleaded with South Korea fans to get behind the team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup after more boos were aimed at coach Hong Myung-bo despite leading them to qualification. South Korea reached next year’s finals in North America without losing a game, but that does not tell the whole story. The country’s soccer association has been in the firing line, having scrambled about to find a successor after sacking the unpopular Jurgen Klinsmann in February last year. They eventually settled on Hong, the decorated former skipper who had an unsuccessful stint as coach in 2013-2014, during which
Lionel Messi drew vast crowds and showed flashes of his brilliance when his Inter Miami side were held to a goalless draw by African giants Al-Ahly as the revamped FIFA Club World Cup got off to a festive start on Saturday. Fans showed up en masse for the Group A clash at the Hard Rock Stadium, home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, but Messi could not fully deliver, his best chance coming through a last-second attempt that was deflected onto the crossbar. Inter Miami next face FC Porto on Thursday in Atlanta, while Al-Ahly, who benefited from raucous, massive support, are to
Ferrari’s F1 fortunes might be flagging, but the Italian team start this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans as favorites, targeting a third consecutive triumph in motorsport’s fabled endurance classic. Roger Federer is acting as celebrity starter with the tennis icon getting the 93rd edition of the jewel in four-wheeled endurance racing’s crown under way tomorrow. Twenty-four hours later, through daylight, darkness and dawn, the 21 elite hypercars are to battle it out over 300 laps (more than 4,000km) in front of a sold-out 320,000 crowd burning the midnight oil with copious quantities of coffee and beer. Ferrari made a triumphant return after
RSS