Bangladesh's Ruman Shana clinches gold in Asia Cup Archery


FE Team | Published: September 13, 2019 14:41:30 | Updated: September 13, 2019 22:41:30


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Bangladeshi archer Ruman Shana has clinched the gold medal in the men's singles recurve category at the Asia Cup-World Ranking Tournament (Stage 3).

The veteran marksman defeated China's Zhenqi Shi by 7-3 set points in the final of the event at the Philippines' Clark City.

After a 28-28 draw in the first set, Ruman fell behind after losing the second set 26-29. But he came back to edge the third set 29-25 before taking the fourth 28-25, says a bdnews24 report.

Ruman, the bronze medalist in the recurve event at the last World Championship, edged the final set 28-27 to seal the win. 

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