Asian Games: No gold for Malaysia men's archery compound team

The Malaysia archery team fought hard against South Korea in the men's compound team semi-finals but eventually surrendering 229-235 at the 2018 Asian Games on Sunday.

The trio of Juwaidi Mazuki, Lee Kin Lip and Alang Ariff Aqil Ghazalli lost 56-60 in the first end before drawing 58-58 in the second end.

South Korea, however, confirmed their spot in the final after prevailing 59-58 and 58-57 in the following two ends.

Malaysia will be meeting Taiwan in a bronze medal match on Monday after the latter lost 227-231 to India in the other semi-final match.

Earlier, the Malaysia women's compound squad's challenge fizzled out in the quarter-finals after losing to Taiwan 221-225.

The national archery squad has yet to deliver a medal since the archery competition at this year's Asian Games began on August 21.