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Bangladesh and Uzbekistan mixed teams upset top seeds Korea to reach their first finals at the 24th Asian Archery Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be Bangladesh\u2019s second final appearance at the Championships since their mixed team silver medal of Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Diya Siddique at the Dhaka 2021 Asian Archery Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth seeds Bangladesh, comprising Bonna Akter and Himu Bachhar, stayed ahead right from the beginning before defeating the higher ranked Koreans \u2013 Kim Jongho and Park Yerin 158-153.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akhter and Bachhar\u2019s impressive win, also their career’s first in a major championships, came a day after\u00a017-year-old\u00a0Most Kulsum Akther Mone\u00a0delighted home fans by advancing to the final four of compound women’s individual event. Earlier, the local pair had to also survive a strong quarterfinal challenge from Iran’s Fatemeh Bagheri and Armin Pakzad before winning the tiebreak 19-18.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the finals, the home team will face second seeds India, comprising experienced Abhishek Verma and youngster Deepshikha, later today. The Indian team had overcome Kazakhstan\u2019s Roxana Yunussova and Andrey Tyutyun in the second semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recurve events, top seeds Korea and India will play the bronze medal match after they lost their semifinals to Uzbekistan and Chinese Taipei, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Uzbekistan, it was historic as they reached their first final of the Championships, with an upset of the fancied Korean team, comprising Seo Mingi and Jang Minhee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uzbekistan\u2019s Amirkhon Sadikov and Ziyodakhon Abdusattorova, both of whom picked up the mixed team bronze together at\u00a0Sharjah 2022 Asia Cup leg 3, rallied from a set down to shoot X, 10 and 10 in the final set and beat a Korean team that include Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Minhee. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uzbekistan will play Chinese Taipei in the final on Friday 14 November, after a young team of Tai Yu-Hsuan and\u00a0Li Tsai-Chi, pulled off a clinical 6-0 win over India, which had unheralded Anshika Kumari and Yashdeep Sanjay Bhoge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be the second final for Tsai-Chi in Dhaka as Chinese Taipei recurve women\u2019s team reached Friday\u2019s final, continuing her good run in the year which include a team silver at Winnipeg 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The individual competition also narrowed to the final four in each event \u2013 with several new names making a mark on the road to the medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Korea\u2019s Kim Jongho, the Bangkok 2023 continental silver medallist, maintained his form to reach the compound men\u2019s semifinals, top seeds in the other three categories \u2013 including Yankton 2021 World Archery Champion Jang Minhee \u2013 were knocked out earlier than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jongho survived a strong quarterfinal\u00a0challenge from Chinese Taipei\u2019s Yen Tzu Hsiang, under-18 bronze medallist at this year\u2019s World Archery Youth Championships in Winnipeg, keeping him on track for a second continental podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He will face teammate Lee Eun Ho, one of two emerging Korean men joining the semifinals alongside experienced campaigner Choi Yonghee.\u00a0Choi will meet Malaysia\u2019s Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki, who continues a strong season with another impressive run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The compound women\u2019s competition also saw new names break through. Bangladesh\u2019s 17-year-old Most Kulsum Akther Mone delighted home fans by advancing to the final four, upsetting top seed Deepshikha along the way. She will meet India\u2019s Prithika Pradeep, another rising talent and youth silver medallist, in an all-youngster semifinal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India also retained strong representation through world number two Jyothi Surekha Vennam, who joins Chinese Taipei\u2019s Si-yu Chen in the second semifinal. Chen\u2019s run, highlighted by a win over Korea\u2019s Park Yerin, confirmed the emergence of a new contender in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the recurve women\u2019s competition, India produced another breakthrough as Ankita Bhakat defeated top seed Jang Minhee to secure a semifinal place. The 24-year-old will face teammate Deepika Kumari, who also impressed in her quarterfinal against Lee Gahyun, making it an all-Indian clash for a spot in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second semifinal will feature Korea\u2019s Paris 2024 Olympic silver medallist Nam Suhyeon against India\u2019s Sangeeta, who continues her steady rise after previous success at the Tashkent 2023 Asia Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recurve men\u2019s draw mixed experience with emerging talent. Korea\u2019s Seo Mingi and India\u2019s Dhiraj Bommadevara both advanced as expected, joined by Korea\u2019s Jang Chaehwan and India\u2019s Rahul Rahul\u00a0\u2013 two new faces at this stage of major international competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final fours: Dhaka 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recurve men<\/h4>\n\n\n\n