Khairul, Syaqiera fail to qualify for doubles knockout stage

Good start: Syaqiera Mashayikh shot a personal best 630 points to be placed 43rd in the ranking rounds of the women’s individual recurve.

PETALING JAYA: It was not the start they had expected as recurve archers Khairul Anuar Mohamad and Syaqiera Mashayikh missed out on qualification for the knockout stage in the mixed doubles event.

Only the top 16 nations will get to compete in the knockout stage of the mixed doubles event today and Malaysia missed out after their combined scores of 1,291 points saw them placed 19th in the event that is making its Olympics debut.