(MENAFN- QNA) South Korea set a world record in the women's compound archery team event at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field on Thursday at the 17th Asian Games.
South Korea scored 238 points out of a possible 240 in the team's quarterfinals win over Laos, which managed only 215 points.
South Korean archers Seok Ji-hyun, Choi Bo-min and Kim Yun-hee bettered the previous record held by the United States, whose archers shot 236 points in 2011.
The compound event became an Asiad medal sport for the first time here. It's the first world record by South Korea at this Asiad and the first world best to have ever been set by South Korean archers in compound. South Korea owns all world records in recurve, its traditional strong suit.
Following the win, South Korea will face Iran, which beat Indonesia 227-222 in the quarterfinals.
In the men's compound team event, South Korea's Choi Yong-hee, Min Li-hong and Yang Young-ho displayed world-class prowess, shooting 238 points against Kazakhstan's 231. They were two points short of breaking the world record set by the United States, which shot 239 points in 2011.
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