Archery - Perfect Ku shoots down U.S. redemption bid


2016 Rio Olympics - Archery - Semifinal - Men's Team Semifinal - Sambodromo - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 06/08/2016. Ku Bon-Chan (KOR) of South Korea competes. REUTERS/Yves Herman

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A breath of wind, a shaky floorboard or an untimely attack of nerves can all affect the fickle flights of arrows but nothing could stop Ku Bon-chan as he unleashed a perfect volley to drive South Korea to the men's team gold at the Rio Olympics.

In a mouth-watering final against a powerful United States team, with rowdy fans shrieking from the terraces at the Sambodromo, the 23-year-old entered a bubble of calm and shot all six of his arrows plum in the centre of the target.

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