Oh Jin-hyek wins gold in men's individual archery

Oh Jin-hyek won the gold medal in men's individual archery Friday at the London Olympics.

Oh defeated Takaharu Furukawa of Japan by the set score of 7-1 to become the first South Korean man to capture an individual archery Olympic gold.

In the individual competition, archers face off in a one-on-one knockout setting. Each shoots five sets of three arrows. A set win is worth two points and a tie is worth one point. And the first to garner six points wins.

There was not much suspense in the final, with Oh in command from the start. He took the opening set 29-26, and opened a 4-0 set score lead with another 29. Furukawa earned one point by matching Oh's 29 in the third set.

But the Japanese put two arrows in the 8 in the fourth set for 25, while Oh put up 28 and closed out the victory with his seventh 10 of the final.

South Korea swept up three of four gold medals up for grabs in London; the women took both the individual and team titles, while the men won bronze in the team competition.

The medal haul here took South Korea's gold medal count in Olympic archery to 19.

Oh said that as he waited for the final, he tried not to think too much about ending the country's gold medal drought in the men's individual event.

"I felt the thought of winning the gold would disrupt my preparation for the final," he said. "Now I have this gold. It's almost too good for me."