Taiwanese archers Tang Chih-chun and Li Tsai-chi on Friday advanced to their respective singles semi-finals at the Archery World Cup event in Puebla, Mexico.
Tang, competing in the men’s recurve, rallied from a 2-4 deficit to defeat China’s Wang Yan 6-4 in the quarter-finals.
The 25-year-old Taiwanese is to next face world No. 9 Mete Gazoz of Turkey today.
Photo: Liu Chan-ming via CNA
Speaking after the match, team coach Liu Chan-ming said Tang briefly fell behind in the quarter-final due to shifting winds, but quickly adjusted.
“He is a seasoned competitor and adapted quickly. His form is very smooth, so the scores naturally came back up,” Liu said.
Looking ahead to his semi-final competition against Gazoz, a Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, Tang said he was especially excited and hoped to bring out his best performance.
Tang was a silver medalist in the men’s team event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but finished fourth in the men’s individual recurve.
Meanwhile, in the women’s individual recurve, Li cruised into the semi-finals after a 6-0 win over Turkey’s Dunya Yenihayat in the quarter-finals.
She is to face China’s Yu Qi next.
The Puebla leg of the Archery World Cup runs from Tuesday until today and is the opening stop of this year’s circuit.
Taiwan has fielded four men and four women in both the recurve and compound divisions.
The same eight archers are to compete at the Shanghai leg of the World Cup on May 5, the Chinese Taipei Archery Association said.
After the competition concludes, three of the team’s top athletes would be selected based on accumulated ranking points to represent Taiwan at the Asian Games.
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