Day four of the Olympics is under way in Rio...but Team Korea are still recovering from a bad
day of results on Monday.
Here to bring you a round-up of those results we have with us Kwon Jang-ho.
Tell us Jang-ho, where did it all go wrong?
To be honest, I don't know Conn-young.
It's hard to explain and we can just say it was a bad day in the office for almost all
of Korea's athletes.
Let's start with the Judo first, where we had two strong medal prospects in the men's
73-kilo category with An Chang-rim and in the women's 57 kilogram class with Kim Jan-di
. They were world number 1 and 2 in the weight class respectively, but both were knocked
out in the top-16 round of their competitions.
The next shock loss was in the fencing where Kim Ji-yeon was looking to defend her Olympic
title in the women's individual sabre events, but also failed to get past the top 16 round
as well.
But perhaps the biggest upset for Team Korea on Monday was in the archery, where top ranked
Kim Woo-jin crashed out in the second round of the men's individual event to Indonesia's
Riau Ega Agatha who is only ranked 29th.
Not only is Kim world number 1, but he also set a world record score in the ranking round
on Friday.
He also didn't shoot slower than nine on Saturday, whilst winning the team event gold...but strong
winds and perhaps some nerves got the better of him, at one point shooting an uncharacteristic
seven, followed by three eights.
There were other losses throughout the day as well.
The women's volleyball team lost 3 sets to one against Russia, and the women's handball
team also lost 28-31 to Sweden as well.
They've now suffered two losses and will have to start winning quick to get out of the group
stages.
Also, all four of Korea's table tennis players were knocked out in the third and fourth round
of matches on Monday as well.
All these losses have really dented Korea's chances of achieving its pre-Games target
of a top 10 finish, with 10 gold medals.
So far Korea only has two golds coming from the men and women's team archery events, and
although there are still plenty of medals to be won, on this current form winning eight
more golds is going to be a tough ask.
Wow, so really not a great day for Team Korea, but I understand Olympic champion Ki Bobae
at least go through her rounds in archery without too much fuss.
That's right, that was one silver linings on a day to forget for Korea.
The defending champion in women's individual archery, Ki Bo-bae, progressed into Thursday's
Top 16 round.
She said she brought extra focus after witnessing her men's teammate crash out earlier in the
day.
Now turning to other stories coming out of Rio, the drugs scandal continues to cause
controversy, especially in the aquatics stadium.
U.S. swimmer Lilly King won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke, beating Yulia Efimov of Russia
who served a doping ban before being cleared last minute to compete in Rio.
After the win King did not mince her words saying "I showed you can still compete clean
and win."
Record medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps also had a few harsh words to say, saying
the situation was sad.
In a rather odd note, Russia state TV gave a...sort of response to Phelps, saying his
practice of "cupping" -- the Asian therapy technique involving suction cup, -- was comparable
to using meldonium, the substance that was Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova tested
positive for earlier this year.
Although the cupping has currently risen in popularity among the U.S. athletes, there
is no scientific evidence suggesting that it actually improves recovery or performance.
Brazil recorded their first gold medal of these Olympics.
Rafaela Silva won the 57kg women's judo competition on Monday evening, and it was a momentous
occasion for an Olympics that has been mired in controversy.
It was all the more symbolic as the 24 year old comes from Rio in the notoriously dangerous
and crime-ridden Cidade de Deus or City of God favela, made famous in the film of the
same name.
She's a success story that the Rio Olympics can be proud of.
That was the round-up of day 3, now here are some of the key events to look out for on
Day 4 of the Olympics.