Archery coach takes a gamble on Atiq for world championships


National recurve archer Atiq Bazil Bakri (centre) with his team-mates Khairul Anuar Mohd (right) and Haziq Kamaruddin at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea last year. - Filepic

PETALING JAYA: National archery coach Lee Jae-hyung is known as a risk-taker.

That explains the South Korean’s decision to include the off-form Atiq Bazil Bakri in the three-man line up for the World Championships, which will begin on Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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