1st Ld-Writethru: Ukraine wins first ever archery Olympic gold

“It was difficult emotionally, maybe tomorrow I’ll feel that I won the gold medal,” said Ruban with the first ever Olympic archery gold.

Before the last arrow, the two archers came to a tie, both in 103. Ruban nailed his last arrow to ten first, leaving Park no choice but a ten to prolong the tussle. Park scored only a nine to lose the Games’ final.

“In our country, we don’t work with a psychologist, we only work on the technical side of things. We work on the psychological side ourselves to be focused at exactly the right moment,” added the Ukraine.