Image source, Getty Images Sometimes, the difference between Olympic gold and silver is the narrowest of margins. In this case, three millimetres. The men's individual archery final between Kim Woo-jin of South Korea and Brady Ellison of USA came down to a one-arrow shoot-off as they were tied at 5-5 after five sets. The fifth set had ended 30-30, after both men hit the 10-point bullseye with all three of their arrows. In the shoot-off, whoever fires their arrow closest to the centre of the target wins. Kim shot his 58mm from the middle, then Ellison's landed 61mm away. By that margin, top seed Kim won gold while Ellison - twice a world champion but never an Olympic champ - took silver. Lee Woo-seok also got on the podium for Korea, winning the bronze medal match 6-0 versus Germany's Florian Unruh, who earlier beat Tom Hall of Great Britain in the round of 16.
Image source, Getty Images It's all over at the archery for Team GB, where their final remaining respresentative Tom Hall has been knocked out in the men's round of 16. The 33-year-old from Kenilworth, Warwickshire put up a good fight against the third-ranked Florian Unruh of Germany though, so nearly forcing a shoot-off. Unruh led 5-1 after three sets, but Hall won the fourth 27-26 with three nines - one of which had to be checked by judges as it was right on the boundary between eight and nine - to keep the match alive. In the fifth and final set, Hall and Unruh both shot 19 after two arrows - but the Brit was wayward with his third to hit eight, while the German struck nine to pull through. Reaching the round of 16 was a good result for Dean, as he came into Paris as the 51st ranked archer out of the 64 male competitors. But his loss means there are no British representatives remaining in archery, a sport in which Team GB have not won an Olympic medal since 2004.
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Nam Su-hyeon, Lim Si-hyeon and Lisa Barbelin on the podium South Korea's Lim Si-hyeon has claimed her third gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics having won the women's individual title in archery. The 21-year-old, who beat Great Britain's Megan Havers earlier today in the round of 16, overcame team-mate Nam Su-hyeon 7-3 in the women's final. That completed a clean sweep for Lim as she also won the women's team and mixed team titles. Lisa Barbelin of France claimed a 6-4 win over another South Korean - Jeon Hun-young - to win the bronze medal.
Jess Anderson BBC Sport journalist in Paris Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Megan Havers completed her GCSEs this year Great Britain's hopes of a medal in the women's individual event in Paris ended with teenager Megan Havers after she was knocked out in the last-16. Havers, who at 16-years-old is the youngest archer at the Games, lost 6-1 to South Korea's top seed Lim Sihyeon at Les Invalides. Leicester-born Havers started well, tying the first set, but struggled to keep up with Sihyeon's consistency. “Finishing where I am and shooting how I have just has made me hungry for the next Olympics," she said after her exit. "I can't wait to see what four years brings for me." Britons Penny Healey and Bryony Pitman were also knocked out of the individual event earlier this week and the trio did not progress past the first round in the team event. Sihyeon has already won two gold medals in the French capital with victory in the women's and mixed team events.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, South Korea have won three gold medals in archery at Paris 2024 South Korea won gold in the Olympic mixed team archery, with a brilliant 6-0 victory over Germany in the final. Kim Woo-jin finished off the final with a bullseye to triumph alongside Lim Si-hyeon, beating Florian Unruh and Michelle Kroppen. It is the third gold medal South Korea have won in archery in Paris. Lim and Kim won gold in the women's and men's team events respectively earlier in the Games. USA pair Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold took bronze.
Great Britain's Bryony Pitman was knocked out of the Olympic women's individual archery at the last-16 stage as she was beaten by Li Jiaman of China. The 27-year-old from Shoreham-by-Sea defeated Angela Ruiz of Mexico 6-0 in her opening match. But she could not cope with the consistency of Li at Les Invalides, and was beaten by the same scoreline. It means Pitman does not follow GB team-mate Megan Havers into the quarter-finals, after the 16-year-old progressed on Wednesday.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Megan Havers completed her GCSEs this year Teenage British archer Megan Havers moved into the last 16 of the Olympic women's individual competition by beating France's Amelie Cordeau 6-5 after a shoot-off. The 16-year-old, who had earlier beaten Spain's Elia Canales 6-0, will now be in action again on Saturday at the Esplanade des Invalides. "It's absolutely amazing. There are so many emotions I am feeling right now," she said. "I'm going to have tomorrow off to relax and bring myself back down after today." Tom Hall will compete in the men's last 16 on Sunday after coming through an all-British encounter against Conor Hall on the final arrow. Tied at 5-5, Tom Hall was closest to the centre mark with his concluding effort to edge past his team-mate.
Image source, Getty Images South Korea beat France 5-1 to win gold in the the men's team archery at the Paris Olympics. The men's team have now won seven of the 10 gold medals available since the Olympic event was introduced in 1988. Archer Kim Woo-jin, who has a record three team gold medals, says he will now work to shake off any nerves as he looks for his first individual medal in Paris. "The higher the goals, you usually have a lot of mistakes," he said. "I will try to relieve my head of those goals and just focus on my heart." In the bronze medal match, Turkey overcame China to win their first medal of the Games. On Sunday, the South Korean women's team won their 10th consecutive gold after an intense shoot-off against China.
Jess Anderson BBC Sport journalist in Paris Image source, Reuters Image caption, Bryony Pitman is the only member of the team who also competed at Tokyo 2020 Great Britain's women missed out on a place in the team archery quarter-finals after a straight-sets defeat by Germany in the opening round. The trio of Penny Healey, Bryony Pitman and Megan Havers lost 6-0 in the best-of-four elimination round. Healey, who was inspired to take up archery after watching the Disney film 'Brave', looked in strong form as she found the middle target three times. But the German trio of Katharina Bauer, Michelle Kroppen and Charline Schwarz, who won gold at last year's world championships, hit six 10s to sweep past the British team. Healey was shortlisted for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year following a 2023 season in which she claimed two European golds and will compete in the individual event on Thursday. Havers, the youngest archer at the Paris Games at 16-years-old, will also compete in the singles along with Pitman, who made it to the third round of the event in Tokyo three years ago.
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