Taiwan's archery and recurve men's team wins bronze in Asian Games, temporary stick change works

Taiwanese archery and recurve men's team.

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Reporting from Nagoya] The Taiwanese archery recurve men's team composed of Tang Zhijun, Lin Zixiang and Zheng Xianghui made a surprise move in the last leg of the Asian Games bronze medal match in Nagoya today and temporarily "changed sticks". In the end, they defeated Iran 6:2 and won a bronze medal. This was also the Taiwan archery team's third medal this year.

Today, the Taiwan recurve men's team sent Tang Zhijun as the first stick, Zheng Xianghui as the second stick, and Lin Zixiang as the finale. The three of them changed the bat order in the last game of the fourth game against Iran in the bronze medal match. Lin Zixiang took the lead, Tang Zhijun took the second shot, and Zheng Xianghui was responsible for closing the game. In the end, they successfully won the game and accepted the bronze medal.

Men's team coach Guo Zhenwei said with a smile that changing the number of sticks was a sudden inspiration, but he later explained that he usually practices in this order. "It happened that the point in front of the soup dumpling was not grasped so well. After evaluating the status of the three people, I thought it was quite suitable to use it at that time."

Guo Zhenwei pointed out that there was actually interference from the left and right winds today. Tang Zhijun, who was first, opened the way for everyone and went to the aiming point to check the situation. Therefore, there was nothing wrong with a slight deviation. However, he stabilized in the end and shot in from behind. Lin Zixiang and Zheng Xianghui also slowly adjusted their positions.

Tang Zhijun joked that his 7-point miss in the opening match against South Korea was considered a sacrifice shot, "Because I shot it first so they could refer to it. They also believed in my judgment and then made adjustments." He also said that it was no problem to switch bats at the end, "After all, Zheng Xianghui is in good condition, so just leave it to him!"