On Saturday the men team events took place, with medals awarded later on that day. The 1/8 eliminators kicked off at 9 am and rapidly saw GB, Taipei and Malaysia knocked out. India also narrowly lost out on a place in the quarterfinals to Japan after initially drawing and Japan taking the lead after a 3 arrow shoot off.
After qualifying for the quarterfinals following a 3 arrow shoot off, Japan lost out to any further progression after loosing to America by one point, despite Americas initial slow start. Korea won their place in the semi finals against Ukraine and shot the highest scoring match of the day. In the third quarterfinal match China was off to a good start with a 10, but Italy won the patch 4 points ahead. Last of the quarterfinals, Mexico vs France and this was the most surprising event of these 4 matches. France just couldn't keep their cool and an arrow of 6 within the first 3 arrows was a bad start and Mexico shot well scoring 220 to give them a place in the semi finals.
The biggest surprise of the day was Korea's loss to the USA, meaning no gold medal for Korea in the men team event! After Mexico's defeat by the Italy, they went on to play Korea for the bronze medal. The Korean team held it together, despite their earlier defeat, and went on to win the bronze medal.
This left the USA vs Italy for the finals. Italy held a two end lead and then the USA caught up resulting in a nail biting ending. Final scores of 218 and 219 resulted in a 1 point win for Italy!
End result : Italy - Gold, USA - Silver, Korea - Bronze
The competitions were close and a few surprising disappointing shoots from the Korean's and France. Throughout the day there were 5 dead center shoots and shooting out 5 cameras! A handy Italian trick was to add a piece of string to your bow to allow you to see the direction of the wind - but who knows what their secret to success is.
For all official results see the Olympic schedule
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