Korea now up against Brazil for bronze Saturday

The Korean women's basketball team failed to reach the finals after being defeated 78-65 by the U.S. The team earned a silver medal once, during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and it was their first time in 16 years to make an attempt for the gold as they entered the semi-finals.

Korea may earn its second gold medal in Taekwondo, as Lee Sun-Hee has entered the finals after beating Mirjam Mueskens of the Netherlands 4-1 in the women¡¯s 67kg semi-finals, which opened Friday.

Yang Hyun-Mo, a silver medallist in the 1996 Atlantic Olympics, passed the preliminary and will be moving onto the quarter finals of the men¡¯s 85kg wrestling freestyle class after a close 3-2 game with Makharbek Khadartsev of Uzbekistan. In related news, Robert Korzeniowski of Poland, who won the gold medal in the men's 20km walk, gained another gold in the men¡¯s 50km walk with a time of 3 hours 42 minutes and 22 seconds. It was the first time in Olympic walk history for a competitor to receive gold in both events.