2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Esebua finished her ranking round with a total of 643 points. This gave her the 17th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Yuki Hayashi in the first round. Both archers scored 102 points in the regular match and a decisive extra round had to make the difference. In this extra round Esebua scored nine points and Hayashi eight, giving Esebua the ticket to the second round. There she hit another 102 points, but her opponent Elpida Romantzi did the same and yet again the match had to be decided with an extra round. This time it was Romantzi who advanced to the next round as she hit ten points against nine of Esebua who was eliminated.
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