BEIJING - Mason City's Vic Wunderle is the final American male left standing at the Olympic individual archery competition. | Complete Olympics coverage | Olympics photo gallery
Wunderle advanced Wednesday from two rounds of the men's 70-meter competition by defeating Eduardo Velez of Mexico, 106-102, in the round of 64. That victory sent him to the round of 32 where he narrowly defeated Ilario Di Buo' of Italy in shootoff after 108-108 tie after 12 arrows.
Wunderle shoots in the quarterfinals Friday against South Korea's Im Dong-Hyun, one of the tournament favorites.
The quarterfinals, semifinals and medal rounds are scheduled to begin at 3 a.m. CDT on Friday.
Lee Chang-hwan of South Korea set an Olympic record in his second-round archery win, scoring 117 of a possible 120 points.
Lee defeated Yusuf Goktug Ergin of Turkey 117-109 to advance to the third round.
Wunderle will face South Korea's Im Dong-hyun, one of the tournament favorites.
Im beat American Butch Johnson in the second round, 115-106. American Brady Ellison faced two straight Canadians. He beat John David Burnes 111-89, then lost in the second round to Jay Lyon 113-107.
Posted in Professional on Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 am Updated: 11:21 am.
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