Xu Xinci and Li Caiqi stopped in the top 8 of the women's recurve individual archery competition at the Nagoya Asian Games

Xu Xinci. (File photo)

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Nagoya Report] Nagoya Asian Games Archery held the top 8 of the women's recurve individual competition today. After 5 rounds of fierce competition, 18-year-old Xu Xinci still lost to the South Korean star Oh Ye-jin 4:6. Li Caiqi also stopped in the top 8. The two missed the chance to advance to the top four.

Xu Xinci, who challenged the Asian Games for the first time, ranked 7th in the individual ranking competition. In the knockout round, she defeated her opponents from the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines in order, and reached the top 8. However, her opponent Wu Yizhen was one of the members of the women's team that won 1 gold and 2 bronze in the Archery World Cup this year, so she was not easy to mess with.

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Xu Xinci shot a high score of 29 points in the first game, but was still defeated by Wu Yizhen's perfect performance of 30 points. The two sides tied at 29:29 in the second game. In the third game, Xu Xinci also delivered three 10-point arrows with a flawless performance, successfully winning with 3 They regained a victory at 0:29 and tied the game at 3:3. Unfortunately, they were unable to pursue the victory and only scored 26 points. In the crucial fifth game, they tied at 28:28 and missed the opportunity to reverse. In the end, they lost 4:6 and failed to advance to the top four.

Li Caiqi, who was also participating in the Asian Games for the first time, ranked 6th in the individual ranking competition. After entering the knockout round, she successfully defeated the Malaysian and Kazakh female players. Today, the top 8 met Zhu Jingyi of China, who had won two individual competition gold medals in this year's World Cup. In the end, she lost three consecutive games at 26:27, 28:30, and 29:30.