Archery at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's individual recurve

The women's individual recurve archery competition at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 21 to 28 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex Archery Field in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] It was the eleventh time the event was held as part of the Asian Games sports programme since the sport's debut in the competition in 1978. A total of 68 archers from 25 nations participated. Jung Dasomi of South Korea entered as the defending champion, having won the women's individual gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games.[2]

Women's individual recurve
at the 2018 Asian Games
VenueGelora Bung Karno Archery Field
Dates21–28 August 2018
Competitors68 from 25 nations
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Indonesia
bronze medal    South Korea
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South Korea entered as the dominant nation in the event, having won eight of the previous ten gold medals. They were however upset in the latter stages of the tournament, with their two archers in the elimination rounds, double Olympic champion Chang Hye-jin and top seed Kang Chae-young, being eliminated in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively. These defeats led to the first women's individual event final at the Asian Games not to feature a Korean archer.[3] The final was contested between Zhang Xinyan of China and Indonesia's Diananda Choirunisa, Zhang winning in five sets to claim her nation's first ever Asian Games gold medal in the women's individual discipline.[4] Kang recovered to take third place, defeating Lei Chien-ying of Chinese Taipei to win the bronze medal.

South Korea's trio of Kang, Lee, and Chang comfortably topped the 72-arrow ranking round held on 21 August, with defending champion Jung finishing fifth behind Lei Chien-ying of Chinese Taipei. Due to the change in the format of the ranking round, Kang's total of 681 was automatically registered as a new Asian Games record. As per the results of the Korean national selection trials held prior to the Games, Kang and Chang advanced as the two Korean archers to contest the elimination rounds despite Lee outscoring Chang in their 72-arrows to finish one position higher.[5]

The elimination rounds began two days after the ranking round on 23 August. India's challenge ended in the 1/8 elimination round after Kumari lost to Lei by seven set points to three. The 1/8 elimination round also saw Indonesia's Choirunisa receive a walkover after her opponent, 2012 Paralympic champion Zahra Nemati of Iran, was disqualified for arriving at the competition site for the match 30 seconds late. Nemati told reporters that she had been sent for lunch, but shortly after leaving the site was told that the competition had resumed and was not able to return in time.[6]

The top seven seeds each successfully reached the quarter-finals, which began just before midday on 23 August. The match between Choirunisa and Chang featured the biggest upset, with Chang delivering an uneven performance typified by a pair of sevens in her third set and the failure to win the fifth set to tie the game, allowing the Indonesian to take an unexpected victory by seven set points to three and advance to the semi-final.[7] The Korea JoongAng Daily suggested Chang's defeat was due to the pressure placed upon her shoulders from national expectations to win gold medals in both the women's team recurve and the mixed recurve events, in addition to the women's individual recurve.[8] South Korea's hopes of a gold medal were therefore pinned on top seed Kang, who had earlier dispatched Cao Hui of China in four sets to set up a semi-final tie with Cao's compatriot Zhang Xinyan.

The two semi-finals matches held later on the afternoon of 23 August saw two further upsets. Kang's defeat in the semi-finals to Zhang, who held a world ranking of 113, led to the first women's individual recurve final at the Asian Games without a South Korea archer present in four decades of competition.[7] The failure to contest for a fourth successive gold medal in one of the team's strongest disciplines, as well as shortcomings by South Korean athletes in a number of different sports across the Games, led The Chosun Ilbo to describe the national sporting situation as "desperate" in the run-up to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] The second semi-final saw Choirunisa triumph against Lei despite a head-to-head record that strongly favoured the Chinese Taipei archer. Choirunisa's win made her the first individual female archer from Indonesia to reach an Asian Games gold medal contest. The consistency shown by the Indonesian since the beginning of the elimination rounds was noted by Edi Purwanto of Pikiran Rakyat as key to her success, particularly in the final four sets of the semi-final when Lei's arrows dropped into the 7 and 8-rings.[10]

After a break of five days, in which the team recurve and mixed recurve events were completed, the competition resumed on the morning of 28 August for the two medal matches. Following the success of Kang, Chang, and Lee in the women's team recurve over Chinese Taipei the previous morning, Kang added a second medal to her 2018 Asian Games tally by defeating Lei in five sets to win the bronze medal.[11]

The gold medal match was held right after the conclusion of the bronze medal match. In front of a crowd that included the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo,[12] Zhang claimed the gold medal with a perfect score of 30 in both her first and final set. Zhang's success came despite the Games being only her second senior international competition, her only previous experience being the fourth stage of the 2018 Archery World Cup in Berlin one month earlier.[4][13] Choirunisa earned the Indonesia's second recurve archery silver medal of the Games after Riau Ega Agata's loss to South Korean Lee Woo-seok in the men's individual event earlier in the day.[12] Following a reapportionment of qualification spots at the 2019 World Archery Championships, Choirunisa's silver medal finish earned Indonesia a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14]

Schedule

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All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date Time Event
Tuesday, 21 August 2018 09:00 Ranking round
Thursday, 23 August 2018 09:00 1/32 eliminations
11:10 1/16 eliminations
11:50 1/8 eliminations
13:30 Quarterfinals
14:50 Semifinals
Tuesday, 28 August 2018 09:30 Bronze medal match
09:50 Gold medal match

Results

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Legend
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Ranking round

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Rank Seed Athlete Half Total 10s Xs
1st 2nd
1 1   Kang Chae-young (KOR) 343 338 681 40 7
2     Lee Eun-gyeong (KOR) 344 336 680 40 17
3   2   Chang Hye-jin (KOR) 335 342 677 32 11
4 3   Lei Chien-ying (TPE) 339 335 674 36 13
5   Jung Dasomi (KOR) 333 341 674 34 14
6 4   Tan Ya-ting (TPE) 335 337 672 32 6
7 5   Zhang Xinyan (CHN) 332 334 666 28 8
8   Peng Chia-mao (TPE) 330 334 664 29 10
9 6   Tomomi Sugimoto (JPN) 325 338 663 28 7
10 7   Diananda Choirunisa (INA) 329 333 662 25 9
11 8   Lộc Thị Đào (VIE) 330 328 658 30 6
12 9   Cao Hui (CHN) 326 329 655 27 9
13 10   Farida Tukebayeva (KAZ) 325 328 653 22 8
14 11   Linda Lestari (INA) 333 318 651 23 4
15 12   Kang Un-ju (PRK) 325 325 650 22 4
16 13   Kaori Kawanaka (JPN) 326 323 649 28 10
17 14   Deepika Kumari (IND) 330 319 649 22 10
18 15   Nguyễn Thị Phương (VIE) 321 324 645 11 2
19   Ayano Kato (JPN) 325 318 643 21 3
20 16   Bishindeegiin Urantungalag (MGL) 331 311 642 21 9
21 17   Promila Daimary (IND) 321 321 642 19 3
22 18   Luiza Saidiyeva (KAZ) 316 325 641 21 8
23   Alina Ilyassova (KAZ) 325 315 640 22 3
24   Zhai Yuejun (CHN) 317 322 639 21 4
25   Titik Kusuma Wardani (INA) 325 311 636 20 7
26 19   Ri Ji-hyang (PRK) 321 313 634 17 4
27 20   Nur Aliya Ghapar (MAS) 315 316 631 18 3
28 21   Thidar Nwe (MYA) 316 311 627 5 3
29   Zhang Dan (CHN) 302 324 626 6 11
30 22   Nuramalia Haneesha Mazlan (MAS) 307 317 624 16 5
31 23   Zahra Nemati (IRI) 320 302 622 15 5
32 24   Altangereliin Enkhtuyaa (MGL) 314 307 621 19 8
33   Pak Hyang-sun (PRK) 306 315 621 13 4
34 25   Asel Sharbekova (KGZ) 311 309 620 15 5
35   Danzandorjiin Miroslava (MGL) 310 309 619 18 7
36   Ankita Bhakat (IND) 320 297 617 14 3
37   Loke Shin Hui (MAS) 297 319 616 18 6
38   Kang Jin-hwa (PRK) 319 297 616 14 3
39   Aqidatul Izzah (INA) 310 305 615 14 3
40 26   Waraporn Phutdee (THA) 307 307 614 10 1
41   Nyamjargalyn Ariunbileg (MGL) 301 312 613 13 4
42   Nur Afisa Abdul Halil (MAS) 302 311 613 13 2
43 27   Nasrin Akter (BAN) 304 306 610 14 3
44   Laxmirani Majhi (IND) 307 301 608 16 4
45 28   Wu Sze Yan (HKG) 299 302 601 12 4
46 29   Ada Lam (HKG) 310 291 601 12 4
47   Lê Thị Thu Hiền (VIE) 296 303 599 10 1
48 30   Firuza Zubaydova (TJK) 305 292 597 14 4
49 31   Nanthinee Jaehomkrue (THA) 295 302 597 5 4
50   Wang Cheuk Ying (HKG) 291 304 595 10 4
51 32   Ety Khatun (BAN) 293 300 593 6 4
52 33   Nicole Tagle (PHI) 285 304 589 14 6
53 34   Jen Kaboksy (LAO) 292 297 589 3 2
54 35   Karma (BHU) 307 280 587 10 3
55 36   Gyanu Awale (NEP) 286 300 586 14 5
56 37   Aiturgan Mamatkulova (KGZ) 292 292 584 5 2
57   Beauty Ray (BAN) 288 295 583 8 4
58   Karakoz Askarova (KAZ) 293 288 581 7 2
59 38   Zukhro Tagaeva (TJK) 288 279 567 8 4
60 39   Sonam Dema (BHU) 271 289 560 6 2
61 40   Alya Al-Ahmed (UAE) 263 267 530 4 1
62   Tsui Chung Yan (HKG) 258 260 518 7 0
63   Lo Hsiao-yuan (TPE) 274 236 510 8 5
64 41   Ghalia Al-Blooshi (UAE) 245 258 503 4 1
65   Diana Kanatbek Kyzy (KGZ) 226 254 480 3 1
66 42   Nabeela Kausar (PAK) 245 221 466 4 0
  Maria Ahmed (QAT) DNS
  Mavzuna Azimova (TJK) DNS

Knockout round

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
1   Kang Chae-young (KOR) 29 29 27 28     6
9   Cao Hui (CHN) 26 28 28 27     2 1   Kang Chae-young (KOR) 29 27 27 28 25   4
5   Zhang Xinyan (CHN) 30 27 25 28 28   6 5   Zhang Xinyan (CHN) 29 27 28 26 29   6
4   Tan Ya-ting (TPE) 26 27 26 28 25   4 5   Zhang Xinyan (CHN) 30 28 27 29 30   7
3   Lei Chien-ying (TPE) 29 28 27       6 7   Diananda Choirunisa (INA) 28 28 28 24 27   3
6   Tomomi Sugimoto (JPN) 26 27 26       0 3   Lei Chien-ying (TPE) 29 29 25 27 25   3
7   Diananda Choirunisa (INA) 28 25 25 27 29   7 7   Diananda Choirunisa (INA) 27 29 27 29 28   7
2   Chang Hye-jin (KOR) 25 28 22 27 28   3 Bronze medal match
1   Kang Chae-young (KOR) 29 29 27 30 30   6
3   Lei Chien-ying (TPE) 27 30 29 28 28   4

Section 1

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1/32 eliminations 1/16 eliminations 1/8 eliminations
1   Kang Chae-young (KOR) 28 26 28 30     6
33   Nicole Tagle (PHI) 29 25 21 24 23 10 6 33   Nicole Tagle (PHI) 26 27 26 18     2
32   Ety Khatun (BAN) 24 25 26 25 21 5 5 1   Kang Chae-young (KOR) 28 28 27 28 29   7
16   Bishindeegiin Urantungalag (MGL) 29 27 27 27 24   3
17   Promila Daimary (IND) 24 29 27 27     2
16   Bishindeegiin Urantungalag (MGL) 25 29 28 27     6

Section 2

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1/32 eliminations 1/16 eliminations 1/8 eliminations
9   Cao Hui (CHN) 26 25 26 28     7
41   Ghalia Al-Blooshi (UAE) 17 10 17       0 24   Altangereliin Enkhtuyaa (MGL) 26 24 25 24     1
24   Altangereliin Enkhtuyaa (MGL) 27 25 26       6 9   Cao Hui (CHN) 24 28 27 29 27   6
25   Asel Sharbekova (KGZ) 25 27 25 26     6 8   Lộc Thị Đào (VIE) 27 26 29 27 25   4
40   Alya Al-Ahmed (UAE) 19 23 28 20     2 25   Asel Sharbekova (KGZ) 24 30 27 23 23   4
8   Lộc Thị Đào (VIE) 30 26 26 28 28   6

Section 3

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1/32 eliminations 1/16 eliminations 1/8 eliminations
5   Zhang Xinyan (CHN) 27 27 29       6
37   Aiturgan Mamatkulova (KGZ) 26 27 26 21 27 8 5 28   Wu Sze Yan (HKG) 22 24 24       0
28   Wu Sze Yan (HKG) 30 23 26 25 24 10 6 5   Zhang Xinyan (CHN) 26 28 27       6
21   Thidar Nwe (MYA) 23 26 26       0
21   Thidar Nwe (MYA) 25 27 27 25 26   7
12   Kang Un-ju (PRK) 23 27 26 27 25   3

Section 4

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1/32 eliminations 1/16 eliminations 1/8 eliminations
13   Kaori Kawanaka (JPN) 20 27 26       6
20   Nur Aliya Ghapar (MAS) 19 24 11       0
13   Kaori Kawanaka (JPN) 26 25 26 27     1
29   Ada Lam (HKG) 27 27 21 28     6 4   Tan Ya-ting (TPE) 26 28 28 28     7
36   Gyanu Awale (NEP) 22 23 26 23     2 29   Ada Lam (HKG) 24 25 27       0
4   Tan Ya-ting (TPE) 28 28 28       6

Section 5

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3   Lei Chien-ying (TPE) 29 29 30       6
35   Karma (BHU) 20 21 25 22 26   3 30   Firuza Zubaydova (TJK) 27 23 22       0
30   Firuza Zubaydova (TJK) 25 23 23 22 27   7 3   Lei Chien-ying (TPE) 27 29 28 28 29   7
14   Deepika Kumari (IND) 29 29 24 27 25   3
19   Ri Ji-hyang (PRK) 26 26 26 25     2
14   Deepika Kumari (IND) 29 25 28 27     6

Section 6

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11   Linda Lestari (INA) 23 27 26 25 24   6
22   Nuramalia Haneesha Mazlan (MAS) 26 29 25 24 22   4
11   Linda Lestari (INA) 25 29 21 25     2
27   Nasrin Akter (BAN) 23 26 26 25     2 6   Tomomi Sugimoto (JPN) 26 26 28 28     6
38   Zukhro Tagaeva (TJK) 26 27 23 26     6 38   Zukhro Tagaeva (TJK) 24 25 22       0
6   Tomomi Sugimoto (JPN) 27 29 28       6

Section 7

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1/32 eliminations 1/16 eliminations 1/8 eliminations
7   Diananda Choirunisa (INA) 28 27 27 26 27   6
39   Sonam Dema (BHU) 26 27 27 24 23   6 39   Sonam Dema (BHU) 26 27 29 24 27   4
26   Waraporn Phutdee (THA) 24 27 24 26 23   4 7   Diananda Choirunisa (INA)              
23   Zahra Nemati (IRI) 27 26 28       6 23   Zahra Nemati (IRI) D N S        
42   Nabeela Kausar (PAK) 13 21 19       0 23   Zahra Nemati (IRI) 27 29 28 26 23 9* 6
10   Farida Tukebayeva (KAZ) 27 28 28 26 26 9 5

Section 8

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1/32 eliminations 1/16 eliminations 1/8 eliminations
15   Nguyễn Thị Phương (VIE) 28 25 27 25     6
18   Luiza Saidiyeva (KAZ) 24 28 25 24     2
15   Nguyễn Thị Phương (VIE) 28 27 26 28 27   4
31   Nanthinee Jaehomkrue (THA) 29 26 28 18 24 8 5 2   Chang Hye-jin (KOR) 28 25 29 28 28   6
34   Jen Kaboksy (LAO) 23 26 26 27 26 10 6 34   Jen Kaboksy (LAO) 22 27 20       0
2   Chang Hye-jin (KOR) 29 28 28       6

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