Archery-Near perfect Park leads S.Korea to world record

By Peter Rutherford

BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Athens Olympic champion Park Sung-hyun came within a whisker of perfection on Sunday.

The South Korean missed the 10-point mark only once, with a nine, to guide South Korea to a world record and victory over Italy in the women’s Olympic team archery quarter-finals.

Park, Yun Ok-hee and Joo Hyun-jung shot 231 out of a possible 240, breaking the previous record of 228 they set two years ago. Park looked at her feet when she missed the 10, but denied she was disappointed.

“I looked unhappy but I was just trying to maintain my composure,” she said. “We are happy to break the world record but what matters most is to get the gold medal this afternoon.” (Editing by Alex Richardson)