China is all happy to get more and more golds at the Beijing Olympics. But the happiness got doubled when Zhang Juanjuan of China smashed the Republic of Korea’s 24-year strong hold on the Women’s Individual event, by winning the gold medal with the last arrow of an exciting final against Park Sung-hyun at the Olympic Green Archery Field in Beijing. To win the Olympic title, Zhang had to thrash all of the top three seeded Republic of Korea women, including Park.

 

Zhang, the defending archer, won the final with the score of 110-109. In the semifinal, she defeated the No. 1 ranked archer in the world, Yun Ok-hee, 115-109. In the quarterfinal, she defeated Joo Hyung-jung 106-101. While Park Sung-hyun won the silver medal, Yun Ok-hee managed to get the bronze medal. Kwon Un- sil of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea came fourth with score of 109-106. Khatuna Lorig of the United States, Hayakawa Nami of Japan, Joo and Mariana Avitia of Mexico finished fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.