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U.S. women eliminated from team event in first round
By Mary Beth Vorwerk // USA Archery // August 20, 2004
ATHENS, Greece – Olympic Competition came to a close for the U.S. women’s archery team today after they were defeated by the women’s team from Greece in the first round of the team event.
The U.S. team consisting of Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.), Stephanie Arnold (Portland, Ind.) and three-time Olympian Janet Dykman (El Monte, Calif.) were ranked ninth coming into their 27-arrow match against eighth ranked Greece. Nichols was first up for the U.S. and started out strong, shooting two tens and a nine on her first three arrows.
After six arrows, the U.S. team was ahead by four points with a score of 55-51. After nine arrows, the two teams were tied at 76, but after 12, the U.S. fell behind 104-101 and Greece stayed in the lead until the U.S. tied it up at 204 going into the last three arrows. Dykman was last up for the U.S. and shot two seven point arrows and one nine to Greece’s eight and two nines. Greece won the match 230-227.
“It’s always disappointing to lose and we know we have work to do,” said Nichols. “We’re going to be working individually and on the team round both. I think for all of us, there are things we need to work on like focus, concentration and confidence.”
Archery competition in the 2004 Olympic Games will come to a close tomorrow as the 11th ranked U.S. men take on sixth ranked Sweden in the first round of the team event at 8:30 a.m.
Archery competition is taking place at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, where the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896, and it is built on top of the ancient Stadium dating from 329 B.C.
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