In the men&rsquo;s preliminary round, held at the Lord&rsquo;s cricket ground, Im scored 699 points from 72 arrows to beat his own record of 696 set in May this year.u00a0Along with Kim Bubmin and Oh Jin-Hyek he also helped register a 216-arrow total of 2,087 &mdash; smashing the world record also set in Turkey in May by 18 points. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jul/hyun.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 314px; " /> South Korea&rsquo;s Im Dong-Hyun celebrates his record-breaking feat. Pic/AFP The 26-year-old Im from Chungbuk is legally blind in his left eye with 20/200 vision. That means he needs to be 10 times closer to see an object than someone with perfect 20/20 vision. His right eye has 20/100 vision. He won team gold at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics to add to his four world titles and four Asian Games gold medals. Despite his records, Im wasn&rsquo;t getting carried away, preferring to concentrate on the push for a gold medal when the competition resumes on Saturday. &ldquo;This is just the first round so I will not get too excited by it,&rdquo; he said. South Korea coach Jang Young-Sool also warned his team against complacency ahead of the medals clash. &ldquo;We will have a day of rest now and prepare for tomorrow,&rdquo; said Jang.u00a0

Legally blind archer Im Dong-Hyun set the first world record of the London Olympics yesterday and then added another as South Korea broke the team record.

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