LEGALLY BLIND ARCHER FROM SKOREA SETS WORLD RECORD

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LONDON (AP) -- Legally blind archer Im Dong-hyun set the first world records of the London Olympics, breaking his own record in the 72-arrow mark and helping South Korea set a team record in the ranking round on Friday.

Im broke the record he had set in Turkey in May by three points with a score of 699, hours before the 2012 Games official opening ceremony.

"This is just the first round, so I will not get too excited by it," said Im, who has 10 percent vision in his left eye and 20 percent in his right.

He combined with Kim Bub-min and Oh Jin-hyek, smashing the record for 216 arrows with a total 2,087. That was 18 better than the mark South Korea set in May.

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1. how do you think he does it? / i don't know / what makes him so good?

and no, he does NOT use glasses!

[justabob]

2. The Force nt

[MadHound]

3. Zen and the Art of Archery,

Actually, being legally blind myself without glasses, I can say that being that nearsighted actually cuts down on outside distractions. You simply don't see them.