Taiwan archers rise up world rankings following world cup

Taiwan is currently No. 1 in the men’s team recurve bow and No. 9 in the women’s team recurve bow, according to the latest world rankings published by the World Archery Federation.

Taiwan climbed four spots from fifth to first place in the men’s team recurve bow with a total of 363.75 points, 112.5 of which were earned during the Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Antalya, Turkey, in April.

At the event, the Taiwan team, consisting of Olympians Tang Chih-chun (???) and Wei Chun-heng (???) alongside newcomer Su Yu-yang (???), won the gold medal in the recurve men’s team event after first defeating Switzerland, followed by the United States and the Netherlands in the semifinals before whitewashing Italy in the final 6:0.

The Taiwanese archers totaled 10 bullseyes in the final.

Meanwhile, Olympian Lei Chien-ying (???) led archers Peng Chia-mao (???) and Kuo Tzu-ying (???) to win the bronze medal in the recurve women’s team event in the Antalya Hyundai Archery World Cup.

The win by the Taiwanese women increased their world ranking points to 240.25, moving up one spot from 10th to ninth place.

Following their wins at Antalya, the Taiwanese archery teams remained in Turkey to train and prepare for the second stage of the Archery World Cup that is held on May 16 in Gwangju, South Korea.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel