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South Korea sets two world records in archery

South Korea set two world records
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South Korean archers set two new world records on the opening day of the Olympic competition.

South Korean archers have set two new world records in the ranking round of the men's archery tournament at London 2012.

Korea won the opening ranking event of the archery competition held at Lords with a team score of 2087, beating their own world record score.

Im Dong-Hyun also set an individual 72-arrow world record with a score of 699.

The South Koreans are heavy favourites to win a host of archery medals, winning every single women's team gold and four out of six men's team golds in the sports Olympic history.

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