RP archers advance to medal column
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT -- Four Filipino archers, led by crowd favorite Jasmine Figueroa, have advanced to the medal column Thursday after a grueling two-day qualifying rounds in the Archery competitions of the Southeast Asian Game Games.
Carefully picking up from a bad slump during Tuesday's eliminations, Figueroa, the country's top bet for the gold, beat Chutina Sakulchai of Thailand, 135-123, in women’s 70 meter-distance individual recurve.
Her good showing was matched by Rochelle Ann Cabral, who outshot Sirilak Sukamoern of Thailand, 145-142.
Figueroa is set to meet Friday for the bronze Indonesia’s defending champion Rina Dewi Puspita.
"It's going to be a tough game this Friday, Rina is the top seed for this event," said the 19-year-old Tondo girl who awed the country when she beat Olympic champion Natalia Valeeva in the 2004 Greece Olympics.
Puspita, who bagged the gold in Vietnam, crushed her top rival Cao Shi Soahn of Vietnam, 155-125.
Also aiming to hit the bronze are male archers Carlos Carag and Earl Yap.
In earlier matches Wednesday, Carag beat Myo Aung San of Myanmar, 163-159, and Yap clobbered Arkhona Pannoj of Thailand, 171-165 in the 70 meters men's compound.
Carag is set to face Indonesia's Puharito Prahidya, who had defeated Philippine Team member Gil Gabriel, 167-159. Yap drove out Arkhona Pannoj of Thailand, 171-165.
Yap will play against top ranking Ting Leong Konf of Malaysia, who earlier outclassed Adam Jimenez III, 176-159.
Four Indonesians, including Rina Dewi Puspita advanced to the bronze along with Malaysia for the women's 70-meter recurve.
The Philippine Archery team won one gold for the women's team and a bronze for the men's team in Vietnam two years ago.
Anthony Deleon, INQ7.net contributor
Carefully picking up from a bad slump during Tuesday's eliminations, Figueroa, the country's top bet for the gold, beat Chutina Sakulchai of Thailand, 135-123, in women’s 70 meter-distance individual recurve.
Her good showing was matched by Rochelle Ann Cabral, who outshot Sirilak Sukamoern of Thailand, 145-142.
Figueroa is set to meet Friday for the bronze Indonesia’s defending champion Rina Dewi Puspita.
"It's going to be a tough game this Friday, Rina is the top seed for this event," said the 19-year-old Tondo girl who awed the country when she beat Olympic champion Natalia Valeeva in the 2004 Greece Olympics.
Puspita, who bagged the gold in Vietnam, crushed her top rival Cao Shi Soahn of Vietnam, 155-125.
Also aiming to hit the bronze are male archers Carlos Carag and Earl Yap.
In earlier matches Wednesday, Carag beat Myo Aung San of Myanmar, 163-159, and Yap clobbered Arkhona Pannoj of Thailand, 171-165 in the 70 meters men's compound.
Carag is set to face Indonesia's Puharito Prahidya, who had defeated Philippine Team member Gil Gabriel, 167-159. Yap drove out Arkhona Pannoj of Thailand, 171-165.
Yap will play against top ranking Ting Leong Konf of Malaysia, who earlier outclassed Adam Jimenez III, 176-159.
Four Indonesians, including Rina Dewi Puspita advanced to the bronze along with Malaysia for the women's 70-meter recurve.
The Philippine Archery team won one gold for the women's team and a bronze for the men's team in Vietnam two years ago.
Anthony Deleon, INQ7.net contributor
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