Third female archer cracks 1400 barrier

Korean teenager An San has become the third recurve woman in history to shoot 1400 points on the WA1440 round, formally known as a 'full FITA', at a competition in Yecheon in July. She joins Park Sung-hyun, who shot 1405 in 2004, and Ryoo Su Jung, who hit 1400 at an event in July 2019, as the only recurve archers to have achieved the score.

An San is regarded as one of the more promising young talents of the current Korean crop of archers, is ranked fifth in the world, and finished the last Olympic selection held by the KAA in third spot.

At the same competition, world number one Kang Chae Young shot a world record of 354 points for 36 arrows at 60 metres, one more than the previous best mark set by Yun Ok Hee in China in 2009.