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Not enough room Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 1:57 PM ET By Kyle O’Neill It's clear someone from India wants the sole Olympic quota assigned the country in men's archery. After one day at the World Cup, Rahul Banerjee and two of his compatriots have made their presence felt.
Five for fighting Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 1:57 PM ET By Kyle O’Neill Vic Wunderle and Butch Johnson, who received his fifth consecutive Olympic nomination, headline a five-person U.S. archery team going to Beijing. The two were team bronze medalists in 2000.
On the line Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 1:57 PM ET By Kyle O’Neill Vic Wunderle's Olympic streak may be in trouble if he doesn't reverse the trend started on day two of the U.S. Trials by a pair of unheralded, but talented, archers.
Staying put Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 1:57 PM ET By Kyle O’Neill Jennifer Nichols expanded her first-place lead at the final leg of the U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday and is on course for her second-straight Games. She continues action today in match play.
Archery: What to expect Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 1:57 PM ET By Andrew Silver and Kyle O'Neill The U.S. left Athens medal-free in 2004, marking only the second time since 1976 it failed to win an Olympic archery medal. South Koreans tallied three of the four golds in Athens and figures to dominate again in Beijing.
Qualified archers: June 23 Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 0:18 PM ET A look at those archers who have been named by their respective national federations to participate in the Beijing Games.
No point in waiting Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 By Courtesy of FITA Unlike some of its top rivals, South Korea has named its men's and women's Olympic archery teams. Park Sung-Hyun and world record holder Yun Ok-Hee will be heavy medal favorites in Beijing.
His to lose Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 By Kyle O’Neill Im Dong-Hyun used a six-arrow stretch of perfect scores to win World Cup gold in Turkey. The defending world champion remains on pace to win South Korea's first ever men's individual Olympic gold medal.
No. 1 hit wonders Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 By Kyle O’Neill Jan Christopher Ginzel, Sebastein Rohrberg and Christian Weiss may not be household names -- even in archery communities -- but they will be celebrated as such after upsetting the world's best in South Korea.
Ready for a repeat -- again Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 By Kyle O’Neill Every time it seems like the world is closing in on South Korea's women's archery team, they just pull away like they did in Turkey with a gold medal performance at the third stage of the season's World Cup.
A very Brady day Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 By Kyle O’Neill Brady Ellison has had all of the hype that comes with being an American prodigy in any sport. Ten weeks away from the Olympics, he's shown he can live up to it.
Is there any stopping them? Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 By Kyle O’Neill South Korea hasn't lost an Olympic gold medal on the women's side since before 1984. After Yun Ok-Hee's world-record performance at the latest World Cup, there's no reason to think that trend will stop in Beijing.
Six more heading to Beijing Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 9:30 AM ET By NBCOlympics.com The continental qualifier portion of the European Outdoor Championships has been completed, and six archers, including The Netherlands' Ron Van der Hoff, have earned Olympic spots.
In the Land of the Thunder Dragon Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 By Nate Herpich, NBCOlympics.com Even though it has not translated to Olympic success, archery in Bhutan has deep historic roots.

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