Olympic archery opens with history and Napoleon for company
It was a day of almost uninterrupted conquest for South Korea. Nam Suh-yeon was second in the women's qualifying and Kim Woo-jin and Kim Je-deok topped men's qualifying. The ancient martial competition is being held on the lawn in front of the gilded dome of France's military museum, where Napoleon was entombed in 1861. Thursday's qualifiers represented the calm before the tumult. So that all 64 qualifiers could shoot at once, the competition was held on the practice range, which has no space for spectators. Читать дальше...