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Last Updated: Saturday, 16 September 2006, 08:22 GMT 09:22 UK
GB women through to recurve final
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Britain's archers are guaranteed their first medal of the European Target Archery Championships in Athens.

Alison Williamson, Naomi Folkard and Lana Needham - are through to the final of the women's recurve team event.

They beat Cyprus, Russia and Poland in the knock-out rounds to set up a gold medal showdown with Ukraine.

Larry Godfrey, Simon Terry and Michael Peart take on Italy for the bronze medal in the men's recurve team event, also on Saturday.

After victories over the Netherlands and Belgium, they met their match against Belarussia in the semi-finals.

The Belarussians meet Spain in the gold medal match.

"It was a terrific performance by both squads, and two medals on Saturday would be fantastic," said GB performance manager Barry Eley.

"Ukraine will provide very tough opposition for the ladies, but the way they've been shooting, as a team and individually, gives me lots of confidence that they can take the gold medal.

"It's the same for the lads - they've been shooting well, but again, Italy are a strong squad and it'll be tough, but they're more than capable of winning that bronze medal."

In the women's compound, the British team of Emma Parker, Nichola Simpson and Lucy O'Sullivan saw off Spain in the round of 16, before losing to France in the quarter-finals.

The men's compound team: Liam Grimwood, Alan Hayden and Jon Mynott, came unstuck in the round of 16, when they lost to Switzerland.

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