of sets had been played, a single tie-breaker arrow was used, the archer shooting closest to centre of the target winning the match. Schedule The women's individual recurve began on 4 October with the ranking round, the results of which were also used to determine the seedings for the women's team recurve event. The first two elimination rounds took place the following day on 5 October, matches in the 1/16 and 1/8 elimination matches respectively taking place simultaneously. A break of four days then followed to allow the team recurve and the individual and team compound events to conclude. On the morning of 10 October the four quarter-final, two semifinal, and two medal matches were held in a staggered schedule each commencing thirteen minutes apart, the first quarter-final match beginning at 09:00, the first semifinal match at 09:52, and the gold medal match at 10:31. The medal presentation followed at 10:45. The event was the seventh of the eight competitions on the archery schedule to conclude, the final rounds of the men's individual recurve following on the afternoon of 10 October. Venue All archery events took place at the Yamuna Sports Complex in a 1,500-seat outdoor facility constructed for the Games. Originally the complex was to host only the practice and ranking rounds, with the subsequent elimination rounds taking place within a temporary 3,000-seat facility on the lawns of India Gate in central Delhi. These plans were however abandoned in June 2010 after spiralling construction costs and the failure to obtain security clearance for the India Gate site due to its proximity with the centrepiece Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Records 70 metres - 72 arrow ranking round At the time of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, South Korea's Park Sung-hyun held the world record for a 72-arrow total score shot from a 70-metre distance, shooting a total of 682 one day before the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Because the 2010 Games were the first to use the 72-arrow ranking round format at any stage of the competition, no existing Commonwealth record in this category had been set prior to this event. Report Dola Banerjee was the pre-event favourite for the gold medal. Strong winds made shooting difficult on the final day of competition. Banerjee blamed the blustery conditions on her semi-final defeat to sixth seed Alison Williamson, in which she surrendered a one-set lead with three successive set losses, losing