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Summary Blind South Korean archer Im Dong-Hyun Friday set first world record of London Olympics.
Im scored 699 points from 72 arrows to beat his own record of 696 set in May this year.The 26-year-old from Chunbuk is legally blind in his left eye with 20/200 vision. That means he needs to be 10 times closer to see an object than someone with perfect 20/20 vision. His right eye has 20/100 vision.He won team gold at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics to add to his four world titles and four Asian Games gold medals.Alongside Kim Bubmin and Oh Jin-hyek he helped register a 216-arrow total of 2,087 - smashing the world record by 18 points.The days shooting got under way in perfect conditions, with the Korean trio setting the standard from the off.They took the three top seedings, with world number two Im again leading the way, breaking the world record for the third occasion since the London 2012 test event.Despite rain affecting the second half of the ranking shoot, Im still finished with a superb 699.Kim was just one point behind with 698 and Oh closed with 690.The top five was rounded out by Great Britains Larry Godfrey, who recorded a personal best of 680, and Japans Takaharu Furukawa one point further back.World number one Brady Ellison of the United States had a disappointing day, placing 10th with a total of 676.Elsewhere, Ukraines reigning Olympic champion Viktor Ruban was down in 43rd with 660.
