South Korea shot down 224 points to beat China to lift the women's team archery title for the sixth time in a row on Sunday at the Beijing Olympics.

Twice Olympic champion Park Sung-hyun, combining with her South Korean teammates Yun Ok-Hee and Joo Hyun-Jung, scored a total of 224 points to beat China's 215.

The South Koreans scored a convincing victory as they rewrote the world record in 231 points out of a full 240 in the quarterfinals.

In the the bronze medal competition, France edged out Britain 222-221 to finish third.

(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2008)