is an athlete from Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 who competes in archery

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

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 Hayashi finished her ranking round with a total of 616 points. This gave her the 48th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Kristina Esebua in the first round. The archer from Georgia

Georgia (country)

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 and Hayashi both scored 102 points in the regular match. In the decisive extra round Esebua scored 9 points, while Hayashi came to 8 points and was eliminated. Together with Sayoko Kitabatake

Sayoko Kitabatake

is an athlete from Japan who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Kitabatake finished her ranking round with a total of 616 points. This gave her the 46th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Justyna Mospinek in the first round,...

 and Nami Hayakawa

Nami Hayakawa

is an athlete from Japan who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Hayakawa finished her ranking round with a total of 649 points. This gave her the 9th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Elena Mousikou in the first round, beating...

 she also took part in the team event. With her 616 score from the ranking round combined with the 616 of Kitabatake and the 649 of Hayakawa the Japanese team was in seventh position after the ranking round. In the first round they eliminated the Colombia

Colombia

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n team with 206-199. However second seed Great Britain

Great Britain

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was too strong in the quarter final, beating Japan with 201-196.