Chen Ling is a female archer

Archery

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 from the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

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2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Beijing

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, Chen finished her ranking round with a total of 645 points. This gave her the 15th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Evangelia Psarra

Evangelia Psarra

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 in the first round, beating the archer from Greece

Greece

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 with 110-101. In the second round she had a tough job beating Katsiarina Muliuk with only one point difference (106-105). She was unable to qualify for the quarter finals due to a loss against South Korean Yun Ok-Hee

Yun Ok-hee

Yun Ok-Hee is a South Korean archer, who won the gold medal in the team and a silver in the individual competition at the 2006 Asian Games.- 2008 Summer Olympics :...

 who won the third round match with 113-103.

Together with Guo Dan

Guo Dan

Guo Dan is a female archer from the People's Republic of China.- 2008 Summer Olympics :At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Guo finished her ranking round with a total of 636 points. This gave her the 25th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Charlotte Burgess in the first...

 and Zhang Juanjuan

Zhang Juanjuan

Zhang Juanjuan is an archer from the People's Republic of China.- 2004 Summer Olympics :Zhang represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 5th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 663. In the first round of elimination, she faced 60th-ranked Aurore Trayan...

, Chen also took part in the team event. With her 645 score from the ranking round combined with the 636 of Guo and the 635 of Zhang the Chinese team was in third position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. With 211-206 they were too strong for the India

India

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n team. In the semi final against Great Britain

Great Britain

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 they scored 208 points with the British scoring 202, securing their final spot. Opponent South Korea

South Korea

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came with a strong 224 points performance, resulting in the silver medal for China, as 215 points was not enough to claim the gold.

Pics

Pictures of chen ling during the Beijing Olympics
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