Hakim-Diya win gold in Asia Cup for Bangladesh

Online Desk: Bangladesh's Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Diya Siddiqui won gold medal in the Asia Cup World Ranking Archery event in Chinese Taipei on Sunday. The Bangladeshi pair beat their Kazakh opponents – Ilfat Abdullin and Alina Ilyassova – by 5-3 sets in the final of recurve mixed team event. Hakim and Rubel bounced back after losing the first set by 38-36 points. They took the next two sets by 36-35, 37-33 points before drawing the final set 39-39. Both Hakim and Diya will also compete for bronze medals in their respective individual recurve events today. Diya, however, later lost...

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Online Desk: Bangladesh’s Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Diya Siddiqui won gold medal in the Asia Cup World Ranking Archery event in Chinese Taipei on Sunday. The Bangladeshi pair beat their Kazakh opponents – Ilfat Abdullin and Alina Ilyassova – by 5-3 sets in the final of recurve mixed team event.

Hakim and Rubel bounced back after losing the first set by 38-36 points. They took the next two sets by 36-35, 37-33 points before drawing the final set 39-39. Both Hakim and Diya will also compete for bronze medals in their respective individual recurve events today.

Diya, however, later lost in the bronze-medal match of individual recurve event against her Malaysian opponent Mashaiykh Syaqiera by 6-4 set points. Hakim however won his individual bronze medal match against Ilfat Abdullin of Kazakhstan by 6-4 sets.

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