The first world record at Rio 2016 came before Friday's lighting of the Olympic flame when archer Kim Woo-jin broke set the mark in the men's individual archery ranking round.
Kim scored 700 out of a possible 720 points from his 72 arrows at Sambodromo on Friday, hours before the opening ceremony takes place at the Maracana.
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The Korean world No.1's recurve score is the first of 700 in history and eclipsed the previous record set by compatriot Im Dong-hyun at the last Olympics in London.