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South Korea sweeps team archery golds

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Three South Korean men finished off a sweep of the Olympic archery team events Monday with a narrow victory over Italy in the gold medal match.

It was the third consecutive Olympic triumph for South Korea in the men's team competition. The South Korean women have won the team gold all six times the event has been contested in the Games.

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South Korea's men's team was made up of Im Dong-hyun, Lee Chang-hwan and Park Kyung-mo. Im and Park were members of the winning team in Athens.

In the battle for the gold, South Korea edged the Italian trio of Ilario Di Buo', Marco Galiazzo and Mauro Nespoli 227-225.

China captured the bronze by defeating Ukraine 222-219.

The American team didn't make it out of the first round, losing to Taiwan 222-218.

Individual archery gold medals will be awarded later this week with the South Koreans expected to win both the men's and women's events.

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