Elder moves into next round of Olympic archery competition

By Semi Turaga

Saturday 06/08/2016

Team Fiji Archer Robert Elder finished 56th in the ranking round of the Men’s individual Archery at the Rio Olympics.

He finished with a score of 635 to be ranked 56th out of the 64 competitors.

Elder will now compete in the Round of 64 on Tuesday at 12am.

Meanwhile, World number one Kim Woojin of Korean has shot the first 700‑point 70‑metre round in history at Rio 2016.

This is now a new world record as the previous record was set at 699 points in London 2012.

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