Suhyeon Nam of South Korea, Sihyeon Lim of South Korea and Hunyoung Jeon of South Korea celebrate after winning gold together with silver medalists Qixuan An of China, Xiaolei Yang of China, Jiaman Li of China and bronze medalists Ana Vazquez of Mexico, Angela Ruiz of Mexico and Alejandra Valencia of Mexico
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Paris: South Korea won their 10th consecutive gold medal in women's team archery in a nail-biting shoot-off as their three first-time Olympians held off China 5-4 at the Paris Games on Sunday.
The win means South Korea maintained their complete dominance of the event, winning every gold medal since women's team archery was introduced at the Olympics in 1988. China had to settle for the silver medal and Mexico won bronze.
After winning the first two sets of the match, the South Korean women began to struggle, allowing China to level the score in the next two sets.
The shoot-off was made even more intense when two of South Korea's arrows were reviewed for landing in between two of the scoring rings on the target circle.
The crowd, many waving South Korean flags, roared when the shots were awarded the higher point, resulting in the gold medal.