Lim Sihyeon shatters world record to open Paris 2024 Olympic Games

A breeze picked up just as the halfway break concluded.

While Lim couldn’t maintain her blistering early pace, she still delivered an all-time great performance – that will undoubtedly help to quell the doubts surrounding the Korean women, who will attempt to win a 10th consecutive Olympic title in Paris.

“Qualification is just the beginning of everything. So instead of feeling the pressure, I will try to get through it, one by one,” concluded Sihyeon.

Nam Suhyeon (688) took second seed, also for Korea, while Yang Xiaolei of China shot 673, which was good for third.

World number one Casey Kaufhold (672) seeded fourth.

Personal bests for Türkiye’s Elif Gokkir (671) and Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa (670) in fourth and fifth.

Reigning World Archery Champion Marie Horackova was middle of the back, 31st, with 651, while reigning European Games Champion Penny Healey (631) was just 52nd.

Korea, China, Mexico and India collected the top four seeds in the recurve women’s team competition and will receive a bye directly into the quarterfinals.

Competition continues with recurve men’s qualifying this afternoon at Invalides.