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Nanjing 2014 - Emily Kristine Pedersen of Denmark competes during the Mixed Team match of Golf event at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Aug. 26, 2014.

Nanjing 2014 - Linnea Strom of Sweden competes during the Mixed Team match of Golf event at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Aug. 26, 2014.

Nanjing 2014 - Yu Chun-An of Chinese Taipei competes during the Mixed Team event of Golf competition at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Aug. 26, 2014.

Nanjing 2014 - Gold medalists Linnea Strom (3rd, L) and Marcus Kinhult (3rd, R) of Sweden, silver medalists Lee Soyoung (1st, L) and Youm Eun Ho (2nd, L) of South Korea and bronze medalists Virginia Elena Carta (2nd, R) and Renato Paratore of Italy on the podium during the awarding ceremony of the Mixed Team event of Golf competition at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Aug. 26, 2014.

Nanjing 2014 - Lee Soyoung of Republic of Korea competes during the Mixed Team match of Golf event at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Aug. 26, 2014. 

NANJING 2014: Soyoung Lee of Korea plays a shot during the Mixed Team on day ten of the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games at at Zhongshan International Golf Club on August 26, 2014 in Nanjing, China.

NANJING 2014: Emily Kristine Pedersen of Denmark plays a shot during the Mixed Team on day ten of the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games at Zhongshan International Golf Club on August 26, 2014 in Nanjing, China.