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S. Korea beats China to win women's archery team gold
Xinhua
Updated: 2008-08-10 19:26
BEIJING - South Korea shot down 224 points to beat China to lift the women's team archery title for the sixth time in a row here on Sunday at the Beijing Olympics.
Twice Olympic champion Park Sung-hyun, combining with her South Korean teammates Yun Ok-Hee and Joo Hyun-Jung, scored a total of 224 points to beat China's 215.
The South Koreans scored a convincing victory as they rewrote the world record in 231 points out of a full 240 in the quarterfinals.
In the the bronze medal competition, France edged out Britain 222-221 to finish third.