Dark horse Wang Chang-pang from Chinese Taipei outlasted Park Kyung-mo of Korea 114-113 in the final to win the men’s recurve title at the Asian Archery Championships here on Tuesday.
“It feels great to win the gold medal,” said the 20-year-old Wang, who finished 17th in the ranking round. “I have improved a lot recently and I think I did a good job today.”
It was tied at 95-all before the third seeded Park shot an eight ring in his next try. Wang achieved an nine ring to take the edge and went on to seal the come-from-behind victory with a 10 ring in his last shot.
“It was the first time that I played against Park, an reigning Olympic champion for the team event, I was very nervous in the final,” Wang added.
Wang eliminated Takaharu Furukawa of Japan, top finisher from the ranking round, in the quarter-finals.
“I did not think too much about winning or losing, I just tried my best in every match,” said Wang.
Second-seeded Indian Mangal Singh, who lost to Park 114-112 in the semi-finals, defeated Ryota Amano of Japan 116-111 for the bronze medal. Amano settled for the fourth place.
“I hoped to to win the gold medal, but I made little mistakes in the semifinals,” said Singh.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kwon Oh-hyang of Korea beat Jennifer Chan from Philippines to clinch the title in the women’s compound category.
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)
