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South Korean female archer An San has won her third gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

In the women’s individual event final held at Yumenoshima Park on Friday, An beat Elena Osipova of the Russian Olympic Committee 6-5 to become the first archer ever to claim three gold medals at an Olympics.

The 20-year-old earlier won the mixed team event, which has been added to the Olympics for the first time, and also won the women’s team event. 

An was the first athlete to win three gold medals at the Tokyo Games, an achievement that was later matched by Team USA swimmer Caeleb Dressel.

It also marks the first time a South Korean won as many as three gold medals at a single Summer Olympics. South Korean short track speed skaters Ahn Hyun-soo and Jin Sun-yu each claimed three gold medals at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.