KAZAKHSTAN’S ARCHERS CONCLUDE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AT THE ASIAN GAMES

KAZAKHSTAN’S ARCHERS CONCLUDE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AT THE ASIAN GAMES
The knockout rounds of the individual archery events took place at the 20th Asian Games, currently being held in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya. Athletes representing Kazakhstan’s national team competed against some of the continent’s top archers.

In the men’s recurve archery event, Ilfat Abdullin made a strong start, defeating Mhayven Colas Chast of the Philippines 7–3 in the round of 32. However, in the round of 16, he faced Uzbekistan’s Amirkhon Sadikov and lost 3–7.

Another Kazakh archer, Dauletkeldi Zhanbyrbay, faced Bangladesh’s Krishna Saha Ram in the round of 32 and narrowly lost 4–6.

In the women’s event, Alexandra Zemlyanova secured a convincing 6–0 victory over Mongolia’s Oyun-Erdene Yuaasandorj in the round of 32. However, in the following round, she lost 2–6 to Tsai-Chi Li of Chinese Taipei.

Samira Zhumagulova faced Indonesia’s Rezza Octavia in the round of 32. The match ended in a 3–7 defeat for the Kazakh athlete, bringing her competition to an end.

Thus, Kazakhstan’s recurve archers have concluded their participation in the individual events at the Asian Games. Our athletes gained valuable international experience by competing against some of the continent’s best archers.

📸 Nikita Basov