Youth Olympic Archery" Chen Pin'an lost the gold medal match to his French opponent. The silver-plated men's recurve bow was the best in team history.

[Reporter Wu Mengru/Comprehensive Report] At the 4th Dhaka Youth Olympic Games in 2026, Chen Pin'an, a young archery player of the Chinese team, advanced all the way to the gold medal match in the men's recurve knockout competition. Unfortunately, his last arrow missed 8 points and he lost to French player Mael Lamouret. He won a silver medal and set the best result in the history of the men's team.

Chen Pinan is the second archery medalist in team history after Tan Yating (women's recurve silver medal) at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, and the first male archery player to win a medal in team history.

Chen Pin'an dominated the crowd with 688 points in the ranking match, and entered the knockout rounds on the 8th as the top seed. He first defeated Israeli player Yuval Raz 6:0 in the top 16 to advance to the top 8. Then he faced Croatian Matija Smaguc. After losing the first two games, Chen Pin'an lost 3 games in a row, reversed 6:4, and won the top 4 tickets.

Then in the top four, they faced South Korean player Lee Ji-ho, and the battle was tied at 4:4. Chen Pinan shot three 10-point arrows in the crucial fifth game, while Lee Ji-ho shot two 10-point arrows and one 9-point arrow, winning the gold medal match with 6:4.

In the gold medal match against Lamouret, Chen Pin'an fell behind 3:5. He shot two 10-point arrows in the fifth round, but the third arrow scored 8 points. Although Lamouretg scored 8 points on the first arrow, he followed up with two 10-point arrows. Both players scored 28 points, each with 1 point. Chen Pin'an lost 4:6.

Coach Lin Shijia said: "He has good strength, and his performance in the game is good. His technical level is not yet mature and stable, but I still give 100 points for his overall performance." He said that the battle against South Korea was the most exciting and exciting. Everyone wants to defeat South Korea, the archery power. "Pin'an also had this goal. When it came time, we wanted to beat South Korea, and the scores were tight. Pin'an didn't give up until the last moment, and finally defeated the Korean player." Lin Shijia said, using a relaxed way to give Chen Pin'an a goal and give him the confidence to defeat South Korea.

Regarding the 8-point arrow in the gold medal match, Lin Shijia said that her opponent played steadily and steadily, "Pin'an's mind is stuck in the stage of maturity and immaturity. He is in a somewhat impetuous state when facing the competition. He has made progress, but lacks a little maturity. This is a problem he has to face."

"It's a little regretful! I didn't do the last one well." Chen Pin'an believes that he has improved than before, but just a little bit behind. "It doesn't matter! I will adjust it next time."

Chen Pin'an pointed out that after practicing archery in elementary school for so many years, he was quite happy to win an individual medal at the Youth Olympics. "I have gotten better at handling pressure and learned a lot. My opponent scored 10 points and I can match him. I will try hard next time to see if I can be selected for the Los Angeles Olympics."