Meteksan Archery World Cup Semifinals

(BEIJING, June 26) -- The semifinals of the Meteksan Archery World Cup -- Stage 4 took place on June 26 in Boe, France.

In the Recurve Women' Semifinals, Chinese athletes Zhang Juanjuan and Zhao Ling took the lead at the beginning of the match, but were overtaken by opponents from the Republic of Korea. Park Sung Hyun and Yun Ok Hee finished with final scores of 112 and 107, respectively. The two will fight it out for the gold in the finals.

In the Compound Men's Semifinal, Patrick Goghlan of Australia beat opponent Martin Damsbo of Denmark 116-114. He will meet Canadian Kevin Tataryn in his quest for gold on Saturday, June 28.

As the tournament went on, Viktor Ruban of Ukraine won the Men's Recurve Semifinal against Republic of Korea athlete Kyung Park. In another semifinal match, China's Xue Haifeng defeated compatriot Li Wenquan 112-109.

In the Compound Women's Semifinals, Nichola Simpson of Great Britain defeated American Jamie Van Natta 113-111 and Anna Kazantseva of Russia lost to Venezuela's Luzmary Guedez 111-115.

The Meteksan Archery World Cup -- Stage 4 will be hosted in Boe until June 28, 2008.