Archery at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[thiago_simoes 1,441]

What a choke for D'Almeida. Even if he reaches round of 8, he will have to face the #1 Korean. His medal chances are basically gone at this point. 

[Josh 11,555]

2 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

What a choke for D'Almeida. Even if he reaches round of 8, he will have to face the #1 Korean. His medal chances are basically gone at this point. 

You mean the Korean #1 who has never won an individual Olympic medal in two previous appearances? 
 

I’m sure it’ll be tough, but far more likely than you’re thinking. 

[NearPup 3,505]

6 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

What a choke for D'Almeida. Even if he reaches round of 8, he will have to face the #1 Korean. His medal chances are basically gone at this point. 

Is now a good time to point out that the winner of the men's ranking round has never won the individual Olympic gold?

Edited July 25, 2024 by NearPup

[hckošice 15,544]

I see our Rio 2016 memes hero Kim Woo-Jin won again the Ranking Round

 

[LDOG 2,471]

16 minutes ago, Josh said:

You mean the Korean #1 who has never won an individual Olympic medal in two previous appearances? 
 

I’m sure it’ll be tough, but far more likely than you’re thinking. 

It's not just Kim but also Gazoz in his QF bracket. Quite the task.

[Somebodyyouknow 87]

1 minute ago, LDOG said:

It's not just Kim but also Gazoz in his QF bracket. Quite the task.

Wow!! The three most fancied people to win the gold on the same side of the draw. Opens the draw for others.

[Grassmarket 4,059]

1 hour ago, OlympicsFan said:

Amazing, probably hasn’t happened too often even in other sports (shooting). Apart from equestrian there aren’t too many sports where women can challenge the best male athletes. I don’t know much about climbing, but maybe there the best female athletes are also able to challenge the best male athletes?

Only other one is the shooting element of biathlon, where women are regularly better using same equipment.  It might be down to an advantage in shooting position stability through a different body shape.

[tirtha22 238]

's Dhiraj came back pretty strongly in the 2nd half scoring 346/360. Highest score by any archer today in the 2nd half.

[NearPup 3,505]

1 hour ago, OlympicsFan said:

Amazing, probably hasn’t happened too often even in other sports (shooting). Apart from equestrian there aren’t too many sports where women can challenge the best male athletes. I don’t know much about climbing, but maybe there the best female athletes are also able to challenge the best male athletes?

The difference is also fairly minor in ultra endurance sports.

[LuizGuilherme 333]

32 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

What a choke for D'Almeida. Even if he reaches round of 8, he will have to face the #1 Korean. His medal chances are basically gone at this point. 

Keep calm, in 1x1 is almost another sport, nothing is lost yet.