Home of cricket to host archery at London 2012

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Washington: Cricket and archery are looking to next year's London Olympics to help expand participation in both sports.

Archers are taking part in a test event this week at Lord's in London, which hosted its first match in 1814 and where the Marylebone Cricket Club helped develop the sport's rules.

South Korean archer Im Dong-Hyun, ranked fifth in the world, yesterday beat his own 72-arrow world record by two points after scoring 693 out of a maximum of 720.

It was the first time Lord's hosted a sport other than cricket since the First World War.

In 1917, a baseball game between Canadian and American teams was staged there to help the widows and orphans of Canadian servicemen.

"There was only one option, and that was to be involved with the London Olympics," John Stephenson, head of cricket at the MCC. "Cricket is growing globally, and we'd like to engage with smaller nations."

 
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