The world No. 10 seed Lee Chang-Hwan from South Korea shot a score of 117 out of 120 points to set a 12-arrow Olympic record in the men's individual elimination rounds at the Olympic archery field on Wednesday.
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The world No. 10 seed Lee Chang-Hwan from South Korea shot a score of 117 out of 120 points to set a 12-arrow Olympic record in the men's individual elimination rounds at the Olympic archery field on Wednesday.[Xinhua]
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With a big crowd chanting Lee's name after each arrow, Lee just set a new Olympic record for the second time in the day following Poland's archer Jacek Proc's feat.
The Olympic record of 115, set at Atlanta 1996, was broken twice in the morning. The first archer to break it was the world No. 19 seed Proc when he shot a 116 to defeat China's Li Wenquan in the 1/32 elimination round.
In one of the last matches of the session, Lee shot a 117 to defeat Yusuf Goktug Ergin of Turkey in his 1/16 elimination match.
The No. 3 seed, Viktor Ruban from Ukraine advanced easily to the 1/8 elimination round as expected. He defeated Maged Youssef of Egypt in the 1/32 elimination round and Michael Naray from Australia in the 1/16 round. Ruban shot down a score of 115 against Naray, the third highest score of the day.
In the biggest upset of the morning, the No. 2 seed, Mangal Singh Champia from India failed to advance to the top 16. Champia lost to the No. 31 seed Bair Badenov from Russia, 109-108, but Badenov did not win his next match.
Other archers of interest who advanced to the 1/8 elimination round include Baljinima Tsyrempilov from Russia and Jay Lyon from Canada. Lyon knocked out United States favourite Brady Ellison in the 1/16 elimination, 113-107.
Notable losers include Sky Kim from Australia and Simon Terry from Britain. Kim, the winner of the 2007 Beijing Olympic test event was knocked out by Proc, 111-110, in the 1/16 round.
Terry, the No. 7 seed and individual bronze medallist from Barcelona 1992 was defeated on his last arrow in the 1/32 round by the No. 57 seed Matti Hatava from Finland, 105-104. Hatava failed to advance to the top 16, losing his next match.