S. Korea's Lim Si-hyeon wins gold in women's archery individual event for third gold in Paris


Lim Si-hyeon of South Korea salutes the crowd after beating Alejandra Valencia of Mexico in the quarterfinals of the women's archery individual event at the Paris Olympics at Invalides in Paris on Saturday. - Photo: Yonhap

PARIS: Lim Si-hyeon captured the gold medal in the women's archery individual event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday (Aug 3), beating fellow South Korean Nam Su-hyeon to become the country's first triple gold medalist in France.

In the first all-South Korean final in women's archery in 20 years, Lim defeated Nam 7-3 in the set score at Invalides in Paris.

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