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Olympics 2016: Korean Archer broke the world record

Олимпиада-2016: корейский лучник побил мировой рекордStill died down the opening ceremony of the Olympic games, in Rio de Janeiro has already broken the world record.

South Korean Archer Kim Jin into the qualification gained 700 points to surpass the achievement of his compatriot Im Tone Huna, holding the world record with the Olympic games 2012 in London.

“I trained longer and harder than any other, and showed his best result in the preliminary round. But tomorrow will be even more important day. To celebrate today I will not – want to focus on the future”, – said the chief favourite of the Olympic games.

The Ukrainian Viktor Ruban in the qualification gained 663 points and finished in 27th place. For the Olympic champion 2008 Games in Rio de Janeiro will continue the eighth of August shooting for a departure.

In the women’s qualifying tournament, the archers Anastasia Pavlova, Lydia Sicenica and Veronica Marchenko was not able to get into the top 20, and Ukrainka showed exactly the same result (630 points and the 29th place in qualifying).

In the team tournament women’s national team of Ukraine on firing from onions in qualifying showed the eighth result. By a wide margin preliminary tournament was won by archers from South Korea.

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