World record before opening Paris Olympics 

The South Korean archer set the first world record of the 2024 Paris Olympics with a new mark in women's individual archery.

Lim Sihyeon shot a world record of 694 points to lead recurve women’s qualifying in the first session of competition.

In her first ever Olympic event, the 21-year-old scored 694 of a possible 720 points Thursday in the women's ranking round at Les Invalides. 

The previous world record was held by Kang Chae-young, a 2020 team gold medalist with South Korea, who shot 692 at the 2019 world championships.

With the world record, Si-hyeon is the top overall seed in the individual event, where the knockout rounds will begin on Tuesday, July 30.