Park Sehui set a new world record in women's recurve qualifying ©World Archery

A world record performance in qualification helped Park Sehui’s pursuit of an Indoor Archery World Cup title in Nimes, but she was forced to come through a nerve wracking tie-break to reach the recurve gold medal match.

The South Korean was eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the last World Cup, which took place in Bangkok during December, but securing the top seed status in qualifying handed her an early boost as she looked to progress further in France.

Her mark of 594 out of 600 saw her shoot two better than France’s Berengere Schuh managed at the 2009 World Archery Europe Indoor Championships, for the 60-arrow qualification at a distance of 18 metres.

Buoyed by the world record, Sehui earned three straight victories, including a 6-0 whitewash of her team-mate Seunghyeon Jo, to reach the semi-finals.

Her pursuit of gold looked like being derailed when she found herself 5-1 down to Italy’s Elena Tonetta, but she fought back to level the contest and eventually earned a 6-5 win, after clinching the tie-breaker.

She will take on another Italian opponent, Guendalina Sartori, after the sixth seed defied her ranking by overcoming Russia’s Tatiana Biltrikova 6-4 in their last four tie.

Having converted his top seed ranking to win the Bangkok World Cup, America’s Brady Ellison had looked on course to repeat the feat in the men's recurve in Nimes.

The 27-year-old, who has won the outdoor World Cup title a record three times, top scored in qualifying with 595.

However, after three straightforward wins, he found himself trailing the Italian archer Luca Melotto 3-1 in the semi-finals.

Brady Ellison's pursuit of back-to-back victories was ended in the semi-finals
Brady Ellison's pursuit of back-to-back victories was ended in the semi-finals ©World Archery

Despite battling back to level the tie at 5-5 to force a tie-break, Ellison would have to settle for the bronze medal match after Melotto was able to hold his nerve to claim a dramatic 6-5 win.

“It’s my first time as a senior in Nimes and the second time I’ve shot against Brady,” said the 24-year-old.

“The last was at the Arizona Cup in 2014.

“And it was my day.”

Melotto is now due to meet Russia’s Alexander Kozhin, after the 19th seed defeated The Netherlands’ Rick Van Den Oever 6-0.

Although Ellison was unable to claim gold, American success could be on the cards as Braden Gellenthien booked his place in the men’s compound final after defeating Italy’s Sergio Pagni 148-147 in the semi-final.

He will take on Dutch archer Mike Schloesser, after he beat top seeded American Jesse Broadwater 149-146.

Italy’s Irene Franchini and Mexico’s Linda Ochoa-Anderson will compete in the women’s final, having beaten France’s Sandrine Vandionant and Slovenia’s Toja Cerne respectively.