JAKARTA - The qualification round for the archery sport at the ASEAN Para Games (APG) 2022 has begun with seven countries participating, namely Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines.
The assistant Competition Manager for archery, Ibnu Marwata, on the sidelines of activities at the Solo Barat City Field, Sunday, said the archery competition was held in the Recurve Women Open and Recurve Man Open rounds.
"Furthermore, this afternoon there will be a qualifying round for the Women's Compound Open and Men's Compound Open. Then the elimination round will continue on the 1st and 2nd (August). On the 3rd, 4th, and 5th for the medal finals," Ibnu said as quoted by Antara, Sunday. , July 31.
In the qualifying round, rankings will be obtained to then be able to advance to the next round. He said at the Recurve Open each athlete fired as many as 76 arrows over a distance of 70 meters.
Meanwhile, in the Compound Open round, each shot 72 arrows within 50 meters.
"So far, archers from Thailand and Indonesia have been competing for 1st and 2nd place. Tomorrow there will be a follow-up competition, where the ranking will determine the match or the system of complaints, namely the knockout system," he said.
In accordance with the plan, in the next round one-eighth of the total athletes who participated will be taken.
"There will be 16 best archers to advance to the next round. For women, because the number of participants does not reach 16, we will see the decision of the technical offficial team. How the decision to proceed to the qualifying round may be taken to a lower one, such as a quarter of the total participants, " he said.
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