Zhang Xinyan from Jiangsu’s Yanzhong city won the gold medal for women’s individual recurve at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug 28.
Zhang has become the first Chinese archer to win a gold medal in this category since archery’s introduction to the Asian Games in 1978.
Zhang competed with Indonesian player Diananda Choirunisa in the final, beating the latter by 7:3 after five rounds. In the semifinal three days ago, Zhang knocked out South Korea’s world no. 5 Kang Chae-young by 6:4.
Zhang joined the Chinese national archery team in 2017, the first from Yangzhong to become a national archer.
