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The Latest: Recurve world record in Rio archery qualifying

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

12:30 p.m.

Kim Woojin of South Korea set a recurve world record with a score of 700 during the qualifying round of archery at the Rio Olympics.

The 24-year-old Kim beat the previous mark of 699 for 72 arrows set by Im Dong-Hyun at the 2012 London Games.

A perfect score is 720 as archers shoot at total of 72 arrows over 12 rounds. The results of Friday's qualifying round are used to determine seeding for the final in the rounds next week.