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by Mary Beth Vorwerk - USA Archery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 12, 2004
ATHENS, Greece - Archery competition kicked off today with the ranking round at the Dekelia Archery Training Complex, with the women's competition taking place in the morning.
Top-ranked Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.) finished in 19th with a score of 638. Stephanie Arnold (Portland, Ind.) finished in the 36th spot with 623 and three-time Olympian Janet Dykman (El Monte, Calif.) finished in 44th place with 619.
"Overall, I felt really good about my performance," said Arnold. "My only expectation coming into the ranking round was to shoot and not worry about the score. There's no elimination today, its just part of the journey. I had a few not-so-great arrows, but I was able to recoup and come back strong."
For the women's team event on August 20, the women will be ranked ninth after finishing with a total of 1880 following today's competition.
In ranking round competition, the archers shoot 72 arrows total at 70 meters. The total scores of the ranking round place the athletes in their brackets from one to 64 for the start of the round of 32 elimination on Sunday.
The men's ranking round competition is from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. this evening. Competing for the U.S. team is top-ranked four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn.), 2000 Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.) and John Magera (Carterville, Ill.).
Regular competition for archery begins Sunday, August 15 at Panathinaiko Stadium, where the first modern Olympic Games took place, and runs through Sunday August 21.
Top finishers from the women's ranking round include:
1. Sung Hyun Park, KOR - 682 (new world record)
2. Sung Jin Lee, KOR - 675
3. Mi Jin Yun, KOR - 673
4. Ying He, CHN - 667
5. Juanjuan Zhang, CHN - 663
6. Shu Chi Yuan, TPE - 658
7. Justyna Mospinek, POL - 657
8. Evangelia Psarra, GRE - 652
9. Natalia Valeeva, ITA - 650
10. Hui Ju, Wu, TPE - 649
19. Jennifer Nichols, USA - 638
36. Stephanie Arnold, USA - 623
44. Janet Dykman, USA - 619
For complete results from the ranking round, please visit www.archery.org, or www.usarchery.org. | 
