Alif wins gold in Asia Cup Archery

Bangladesh archer Abdur Rahman Alif won the gold medal in the men's recurve individual event of Asia Cup Stage-2, beating Japanese archer Miyata Gakuto 6-4 in the gold-deciding match held in Singapore on Friday.

Alif made an auspicious start by taking a 4-0 lead after winning the first two sets by 28-27 and 29-28, but the Japanese archer staged a brilliant fight back to level the set points at 4-4 by winning the third and fourth sets 28-27 and 27-26 respectively.

The final rolled into the fifth and deciding set, where Alif kept his nerve cool to win 29-26, winning his first international individual medal with the gold.