Bull’s eye! National archers shoot down 2 golds

Bull’s eye! National archers shoot down 2 golds

The mixed team and men's individual compound ended squad's gold-medal wait.

The Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh-Juwaidi Mazuki mixed team defeated the Philippines 151-150. (Bernama pic)
HANOI:
The national archery squad’s wait for the gold medal at the 31st SEA Games here ended with a double delight.

Juwaidi Mazuki-Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh won the first gold medal with a 151-150 victory over Paul Marton Santos Dela Cruz-Jennifer Dy Chan of the Philippines in the mixed team compound final at the Hanoi National Sports Training Centre.

Thailand’s Sirapop Chainak-Kanyavee Maneesombatkul took home bronze.

The national camp erupted with joy again moments later when Olympian Juwaidi won his second gold medal, in the men’s individual compound event.

Juwaidi defeated Sirapop 147-142 in the final, while another Malaysian, Alang Ariff Aqil Ghazalli beat Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Day 146-143 to win the bronze medal.

Earlier, Juwaidi, Alang Ariff, and Wong Co Wan settled for silver in the men’s team event, while the national women’s team of Fatin Nurfatehah, Iman Aisyah Norazam and P Kayalvhily took home bronze.

Malaysia did not win any medals in the mixed team or men’s individual events at the 2019 edition in the Philippines.

With archery ending today, the squad will return home with an overall haul of two golds, two silvers and five bronze medals.

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