00:00 In the news of archery, the National Recurve Archers, like Jason Feliciano, are now more popular in international tournaments
00:09 after proving their strength in the archery challenge in Korea this weekend.
00:14 The latest development of Feliciano after this game, let's find out from KS and Sean.
00:21 Not less than gold was awarded to the Philippine Archery Team Recurve Event standout Jason Feliciano in the 2023 World Archery Asian or WAA Archery Challenge held in Wonju, South Korea.
00:34 This was won by 21-year-old group CT representative Feliciano in the Recurve Men's Team event with Issa Saqer of Bahrain and Reza Shabani of Iran.
00:44 They also defeated the group in the Drift De Silva of Sri Lanka, Limau of Tajikistan and Ming Su Tsai of Chinese Taipei in the final round 5-3.
00:55 We were surprised, we were playing for podium match because we ranked 6th out of 12.
01:01 So we were the first to enter the season, so we were going to be eliminated right away because of lower rank versus higher ranks.
01:09 And then the problem was the language barrier because I was with two Middle Eastern countries, one Iran and one from Bahrain.
01:18 So their English, they know a little English but there was still a bit of language barrier.
01:28 In the end, we were surprised that we won gold in the team event.
01:33 In their game with other races, the goal of this tournament is to improve the adjustment skills of the players.
01:40 In the Recurve event, 44 players reached the Men's Division while 33 players reached the Distaff side.
01:47 The goal of the Asian Challenge was preparation for bigger tournaments and how can you adjust in situations.
01:59 Aside from Feliciano, there is another bronze and silver medal that Pia Bidaure won from the Mixed Doubles and Women's Team event.
02:06 This tournament is one of the preparations of the national squad for their first multi-sporting event this year, the 2023 Asian Games, which will be held from September 13 to October 8.
02:18 KS Nation, PDVS.
