Italian archers triumph
Italy claimed a shock gold in the men's archery team event as they defeated the United States in dramatic fashion.
Last Updated: 28/07/12 6:56pm
Italy claimed a shock gold in the men's archery team event as Michele Frangilli hit a 10 with the last arrow of a dramatic final against the United States.
Italy, who have never before won team gold at the Games, were nine behind with one shot remaining when Frangilli struck centre gold at Lord's.
The dramatic 219-218 win for Frangilli, Mauro Nespoli and Marco Galiazzo against Brady Ellison, Jacob Wukie and Jake Kaminski capped a day of surprises in the competition, with favourites South Korea losing 224-219 to the USA in the semi-final.
The United States left with silver, while the Koreans saw off Mexico to take bronze.
GB disappoint
Meanwhile Great Britain's hopes of a team medal ended at the first knockout stage as they were soundly beaten by Ukraine.
Having ranked in eighth place on Friday, they had a first-round assignment against ninth seeds Ukraine.
But despite being a close match on paper Larry Godfrey, Simon Terry and Alan Wills went down 223-212 to Viktor Ruban, Dmytro Hrachov and Markiyan Ivashko.
The home team shot just five maximums in their 24 attempts, compared to their opponents' 11.
