Archery Asia Cup 2022: Bangladesh's Ruman, Nasrin beat India to clinch gold
The duo defeated their Indian counterparts by 5-3 points to clinch gold.
Bangladesh archery team comprising of ace archers Ruman Sana and Nasrin Akter won gold in the 2022 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament Stage-1 mixed finals on Saturday. The duo defeated their Indian counterparts by 5-3 points to clinch gold.
Malaysia won the bronze meanwhile.
In the four-set competition, India won the first by 34-37 points. But Ruman and Nasrin fought back brilliantly in the next set.
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They drew the second set with 37 points each.
The Bangladeshi duo turned the tables on the last two sets - defeating India by 38-35 and 37-36 respectively.
This was Bangladesh's first medal in the tournament.
Earlier, the Bangladesh team eliminated their Kazakhstan rivals by 6-0 sets in the semifinal held on Friday in Phuket, Thailand.
Bangladesh confirmed their spot in the last four in this event by beating host Thailand by straight 6-0 sets in the quarterfinal.
Nasrin still has a chance to win more medals in the competition as she will face Bangladesh's Diya Siddiqui in the recurve women's singles final.
