Shyamoli bags a bronze

Archer Shyamoli Roy bagged a bronze medal in women's individual recurve bow event of the Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament after beating her Filipino compatriot in a medal-deciding match in Bangkok yesterday.

The Olympian archer, who had to play the bronze-medal deciding match after losing by 1-7 points to eventual gold medal winner Lin Shih Chia of Chinese Taipei in the semifinal, fought neck to neck with Philippines' Nicole Marie Tagle and went on to win by 6-4 points.

Shyamoli got off to a fine start to take a 4-0 point lead after winning the first two sets 27-26 and 28-24. The 22-year-old archer, who failed to shine in ISSF Islamic Solidarity Archery Championship in Dhaka, then needed to win the third set to ensure the medal. But Tagle staged a strong comeback to win the next two sets narrowly by 28-27 and 27-26 points to take the tie to a deciding fifth set.

Shyamoli kept her nerve to score 29 out of 30 putting behind Tagle, who could score 28 out of 30 in the deciding set.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh men's and women's compound teams will play their elimination round matches against Chinese Taipei and Vietnam respectively today.