PARIS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Lim Si-hyeon from South Korea broke the archery world record with 694 shots at women's individual ranking round at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, beating the previous record of 692 shots. This is the first world record at Paris 2024.
"It's my first Olympics and I wanted to give it my everything. I've prepared for it and I tried to enjoy the matches and the results followed," said Lim.
South Korean archer Nam Su-hyeon ranked second with a personal best of 688 shots. Together they help South Korea set an Olympic record in women's team with a score of 2,046 shots.
Chinese archer Yang Xiaolei ranked third with 673 shots, while compatriot Li Jiaman ranked 9th and An Qixuan ranked 26th, earning China's women's archery team second place after South Korea.
"We played to our full strength today, and we'll keep up the effort for the upcoming competitions," said Kwon Yong-hak, coach of the Chinese women's archery team.
The women's archery ranking round was held at the Invalides, with 64 female athletes. The ranking round takes place on the first day of competition and is used to seed athletes, teams and mixed teams for matches. ■