KUALA LUMPUR – National archer Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki marked his Aidilfitri celebrations away from home by shooting down two bronze medals in Stage 1 of the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkiye, today.
The 32-year-old compound archer kept his focus to finish third in the men’s individual and mixed team events with Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh, according to the World Archery official website.
Juwaidi-Fatin Nurfatehah took home the mixed-team bronze after winning 19-18 during an intense battle against Italians Marco Bruno-Elisa Roner in the bronze medal shoot-off after both teams were tied at 157.
Earlier, the Malaysians lost narrowly in the semi-finals to eventual champions Ojas Pravin Deotale-Jyothi Surekha Vennam from India 155-157, and the second-seeded Indian duo defeated Chen Chieh-lun-Chen Yi-hsuan of Chinese Taipei 159-154 for the gold.
Juwaidi, ranked 161st in the world, later added his second medal by upsetting world-number-one Mike Schloesser from the Netherlands 148-146 in the bronze medal shoot-off.
Juwaidi missed out on the final after losing 145-147 to Jozef Bosansky of Slovakia in the semi-finals.
On Wednesday, Juwaidi rewrote his national record in the qualifying round when he collected 714 points after 72 arrows, erasing the previous record of 709 points set during the 2019 Asian Archery Championships. – Bernama, April 22, 2023
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