Bangladesh’s men’s recurve team won gold at the Archery Asia Cup in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on Thursday after beating Kazakhstan 6-2 in the final.
Abdur Rahman Alif, Md Sagor Islam and Abdulla Al Mohammad Rafi came from behind to secure Bangladesh’s second gold medal of the tournament.
Kazakhstan made a strong start and won the first set 53-50 to take a 2-0 lead.
However, Bangladesh fought back in the next set. The three archers won it 55-54 to make the score 2-2. Bangladesh then moved ahead by winning the third set 55-52.
The fourth set was also close, but the Bangladesh trio won it 52-51 to complete the comeback and take gold.
Earlier, Bangladesh had beaten Uzbekistan 6-0 in the semifinals to book their place in the final.
The victory came a day after Bangladesh’s women’s compound team won the country’s first gold medal of the competition.
Bangladesh also had two archers in individual gold medal matches on Thursday.
Saima Salah Uddin was set to face her opponent in the women’s recurve final, while Bonna Akter was due to compete in the women’s compound final.
