South Korea beat Japan to claim men's individual archery gold

South Korea claim archery gold

Oh Jin Hyek has beaten Takaharev Furukawa to win gold in the men's individual archery competition.

South Korea continued their domination at Lord's in the archery with a third gold medal in four events.

Hyek was 4-0 up after the first two sets to hold a significant advantage over his Japanese rival.

The Korean didn't get complacent and shot a perfect 10 in the fourth set to win the final, forcing Furukawa to settle for silver.

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