Archers suffer early exits in team events
NAGOYA: National archers endured a tough day in the team competitions at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday and were unable to advance in their respective events.
The Archers from Malaysia experienced a challenging day in the team events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. In the compound team event, Juwaidi Mazuki and Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh were defeated by Indonesia in a shoot-off after a tied score of 156-156. Juwaidi attributed their loss to the almost-perfect weather conditions, which made the match very close.
Earlier in the day, Malaysia's men's team team had lost to Bhutan 229-228 in the opening round. Fatin, Aina Abdul Muhaimin, and Iman Aisyah Norazam also fell short to Vietnam 229-227 in the women's team event. In the recurve discipline, Evan Rich Cong Qi Wei and Ariana Nur Dania Zairi were eliminated by Taiwan in a shoot-off after a tied score of 4-4 in the second round.
Malaysia's men's team faced a 5-1 defeat to Taiwan in their first round match, while their women's team suffered a 6-2 loss to Indonesia. The early rounds of the individual events will be held on Monday.
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