No sweat, but Malaysian archers aim for better scores

Atiq Bazil Bakri (left) and Mohd Khairul Anuar share a light moment at the SEA Games. Both archers qualified for the men’s recurve individual event although they wanted to achieve higher personal targets.

NAYPYITAW: It was a day for debutant archer Atiq Bazil Bakri to cherish in the SEA Games after he made the cut for the knockout stage but he was far from pleased.

On Saturday, the sweat-soaked 19-year-old Atiq did better than his Olympian compatriot Haziq Kamaruddin to qualify for the men’s recurve individual after finishing third in a 21-member field at the Wunna Theiki Archery Range,