Olympics-Archery-Canada's ailing Burnes loses in round one
By Peter Rutherford BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Two days in a Beijing hospital with appendicitis took its toll on Canadian archer John David Burnes who lost to American Brady Ellison in the first round of the men's individual event on Wednesday.
Burnes lost 89-111 in the 12-arrow match, with two shots landing in the seldom visited four-point band. No one else had scored lower than a five in Beijing.
Sitting alone at the practice range after the defeat, a dejected and deflated Burnes told Reuters his preparations had been hit hard by the minor appendicitis, which struck just days before the competition began.
"My whole body is pretty weak right now after so many days without eating," he said. "I thought I was prepared but then you get hit with something like this and it screws with your head."
Burnes said he thinks his visit to the hospital were "nice".
"They pumped me so full of antibiotics I don't remember much," he added. "I was really out of it."
(Editing by Nick Macfie)
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