The 1/8 eliminators started at 9pm and resulted in GB, India, Italy and the Ukraine knocked out in the early stages of the competition. Although Italy and Denmark progressed to the quarter finals by a one point win, Japan and Russia beat their opponents Ukraine and GB, respectively, with several points to spare. The Ukraine shot poorly, but had been unlucky with their clothing after being told they could not shoot with a sleeveless kit and their alternative kit had too many logos on, resulting in lots of tape to cover them up! It just wasn't their day, as the Ukrainians went on to shoot a 3 and a 4 scoring arrows, the lowest I think we've seen so far.
After shooting well in the 1/8 eliminators Denmark followed with a poor round in the quarter finals, loosing to Korea 11 points behind. Japan and China made it into the semi finals by beating their competitors Mexico and the US, respectively. The closest match of the quarter finals was Taipei vs Russia where a 3 arrow shoot off was required, but Russia shot well under pressure to take the shoot off by 2 points.
In the semi finals Japan and Russia lost their matches leaving them to go head to head for the bronze medal. Russia lost out on their chance for a medal by 2 points, earning the Japanese team their bronze medal.
The finals saw China against Korea. Although the final result was no surprise, with Korea taking gold and China silver, the match was close, with Korea winning gold by a single point keeping the audience poised down to the last arrow. This is the 7th consecutive gold medal for the women's Korean team and China also bagged a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Final Results = Korea - Gold, China - Silver, Japan - Bronze
For up-to-date and live results see the Olympic archery results page
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