Asian Archery Championships
Continental Qualification Tournament
Tehran (IRI) - 19-24 October 2011
Iran wins gold medal at the Asian Archery Championships at home . All the team titles were awarded today at the Asian Archery Championships in Tehran. The Islamic Republic of Iran won the team title in Compound Men, while Korea took it in Compound Women. Malaysia and Japan won in the recurve division. Kazakhstan surprisingly won three medals, including the Recurve Mixed Team Gold. The individual titles were awarded this week-end at the Asian Archery Championships in Tehran. K. A. MOHAMAD (MAS), who burst into the front scene this Autumn, and Reza ZAMANINEJAD (IRI), who have been among the top archers for a long while, took well deserved titles on the men’s side. YANG Nien-Hsiu (TPE) and Maryam RANJBAR (IRI) were surprising winners in the women’s competitions.
The No. 1 seed Reza ZAMANINEJAD (IRI) had to go through a shoot-off in his quarterfinal against CHOI Yong Hee (KOR). The match ended at 144-144 (15 arrows with cumulative scoring). In the shoot-off, they both scored a 9 but ZAMANINEJAD was the closest to the centre. Then he defeated the No. 4 seed MIN Lihong (KOR) 147-146 and Muhammad Zaki MAHAZAN (MAS) 146-138.