Asian Archery Championships end amid India's dominance
With archers from 30 countries taking part, the curtains came down on the Teer 24th Asian Archery Championships on Friday. The competition began on November 8 at the National Stadium and concluded at the Army Stadium.This time, India emerged as the best-performing nation across individual and team events. They won a total of 10 medals – 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. South Korea secured 2 golds, 4 silvers and 4 bronzes. Hosts Bangladesh claimed one silver and one bronze.The final day began with...
With archers from 30 countries taking part, the curtains came down on the Teer 24th Asian Archery Championships on Friday. The competition began on November 8 at the National Stadium and concluded at the Army Stadium.
This time, India emerged as the best-performing nation across individual and team events. They won a total of 10 medals – 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. South Korea secured 2 golds, 4 silvers and 4 bronzes. Hosts Bangladesh claimed one silver and one bronze.
The final day began with the recurve women's team final. South Korea claimed the gold medal with a 6-0 set-point victory (54-52, 57-55, 56-51) over Chinese Taipei. The gold-winning Korean team consisted of Jang Min-hee, Kim Surin and Nam Su-hyeon. Malaysia had already secured the bronze medal earlier by defeating Uzbekistan 6-0.
In the recurve men's team final, a thrilling contest unfolded between South Korea and India. With both teams level at 4-4 across four sets (56-56, 56-56, 57-51, 57-53), the match proceeded to a tie-break. India won the shoot-off 29+ to 29, with both sides scoring 29 but India's arrow landing closer to the inner 10. The Indian gold-medal team comprised Yashdeep Sanjay Bhoge, Atanu Das and Rahul. Uzbekistan had claimed the bronze on Thursday.
In the recurve mixed team final, Chinese Taipei earned the gold medal with a comfortable 6-2 set-point win (35-36, 37-36, 36-34, 35-34) over Uzbekistan. The winning pair for Chinese Taipei were Li Tsai-Chi and Tai Yu-Hsuan.
In the recurve mixed team bronze-medal match, South Korea's pairing of Jang Min-hee and Seo Mingi swept past India with a 6-0 victory.
In the second session of the day, India's Ankita Bhakat won the gold medal in the women's recurve individual event. In the final, she defeated South Korea's Nam Su-hyeon 7-3 by set points (29-27, 26-26, 26-28, 29–28, 29-28). In the bronze medal match, India's Deepika Kumari triumphed by 6-5 set points in a tiebreaker, beating compatriot Sangita. After a 5-5 deadlock, both shot 10s in the shoot-off, but Deepika took the win by hitting closer to the centre.
The recurve men's individual final brought this year's event to a close. The event featured an all-India final, where Dhiraj Bommadevara defeated compatriot Rahul by 6-2 set points (28-28, 29-26, 28-28, 28-26) to claim the gold. In the bronze medal match, South Korea's Seo Mingi beat compatriot Jang Chaehwan by 7-1 set points.
Meanwhile the Adviser for Youth and Sports, Asif Mahmud Sojib Bhuiyan, announced a cash reward of Tk 100,0000 each for the three medal winners of the Bangladesh team. Bonna Akter and Himu bachhar won a silver in compound mixed team event while Kulsum Akter Moni won a bronze medal in women's individual compound event.