Fans spot incredible moment a bee almost ruined South Korean archer's shot during the women's team gold medal triumph

South Korea held off China to win a 10th consecutive gold medal in the women's team archery event despite the best efforts of one brave bee.

South Korea triumphed in a nail-biting shoot-off as their three first-time Olympians held off China 5-4 at the Paris Games on Sunday.  

The win means South Korea maintained their complete dominance of the event, winning every gold medal since women's team archery was introduced at the Olympics in 1988 while China had to settle for the silver medal and Mexico won bronze.

Their record is mightily impressive and viewers at home spotted another moment worthy of praise during the final.

In the third set a bee landed on the hand of one of the South Koreans just as she was about to let go.

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Incredibly, she was unfazed with the arrow landing neatly in the nine. 

After winning the first two sets of the match, the South Korean women began to struggle, allowing China to level the score in the next two sets.

Archer Lim Sihyeon acknowledged that her country's unbroken streak in the event was facing stronger competition, but said South Korea would continue to defend its position.

'I'm very happy about keeping this place in Korean archery history,' she said. 'Even though other countries have progressed, we'll try to keep our place.'

The shoot-off in the gold medal match was made even more intense when two of South Korea's arrows were reviewed for landing in between two of the scoring rings on the target circle.

The crowd at Esplanade des Invalides, many waving South Korean flags, roared when the shots were awarded the higher point, resulting in the gold medal.

The team were treated like celebrities, as earlier in the day, some fans held signs written in Korean above fences around the venue and stood on tip-toes to get a peak at the athletes.