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Monday, September 18, 2000
South Koreans advance in archery

 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- The Olympic record was broken twice as three South Koreans, who finished in the top three spots in the individual rankings, led the way into the final 16 of the men's individual competition.

 Leader Jang Yong-ho upped the record for 18 arrows by scoring 172 points in his pummeling of Kuresa Tupua, a 16-year-old from American Samoa, 172-98, in the first round.

 Earlier, Australia's Simon Fairweather tied the record of 170 only to see that beaten a few minutes later by Jocelyn de Grandis of France, who hit a 171. The two had met head-to-head in the second round, with Fairweather prevailing 161-150.

 Jang beat the record in the first round and came close to his score when he did 169 in topping Hasan Orbay of Turkey.

 The other two members of the South Korea trio, Oh Kyo-moon and Kim Chung-tae, also advanced. Oh defeated American Butch Johnson of Webster, Mass., 166-160.

 Victor Wunderle of Mason City, Ill. made it to the third round with a 152-151 win over Serhiy Antonov of Ukraine. Antopnov's final arrow was ruled an 8 instead of a 9 to give Wunderle a narrow victory.

 "I was ready for a shoot-off," Wunderle said. "But it's always nice when you don't have to take the risk."

 Another American, Rodney White of Hermitage, Pa., was edged by Fred van Zutphen of the Netherlands, 153-152, to also miss out on the final 16.

 Top-seeded Lionel Torres of France was upset in the first round by Christian Stubbe of Germany, 163-161, but Torres' teammate, 1992 gold medalist Sebastian Flute, made it through to the third round, as did Magnus Petersson of Sweden, who won the silver medal in Atlanta four years ago.

 There are three South Korean women in the final 16 as the women's competition continues Tuesday.
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