published
Monday, July 29,1996
White in 12th, easily qualifies for next round
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) --
American
archers, led by Justin Huish and Janet Dykman, trailed in the Olympic ranking
rounds Sunday, while South Koreans set one world record and tied another
in team preliminaries.
Ukraine's Lina Herasymenko shot the top individual score of 673 of a possible
720 in the women's round. Michele Frangilli of Italy led the men with 684.
Frangilli tied a world mark set by Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan in 1990 with
344 from 70 meters. Huish, of Simi Valley, Calif., had the top finish for
the U.S. team with a ninth in the men's event with 670.
Rod White, a 19-year-old from Hermitage, was 12th with 666 and Butch Johnson
of Woodstock, Conn., was 15th with 664.
Dykman, of El Monte, Calif., had the top U.S. women's score with 646 to
place 17th. Lindsay Langston, from Mesa, Ariz., the youngest member of the
archery team at 17, shot 643 to rank 21st.
``The fact that this is the Olympics and I can go out and shoot my best
against the best in the world gives me confidence,'' Langston said.
Judi Adams of Scottsdale, Ariz. finished 53rd with 606.
The preliminaries determine pairings for individual matches. The women's
event begins today while the men start Tuesday. The men's and women's team
events are for Aug. 2.
The Korean men had a total of 2,031, breaking their own world mark of 2,011.
The South Korean women's team score of 1,984 points tied a record.
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