BEIJING, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- Despite being ousted in the men's individual recurve W1/W2 second elimination round at the 13th Beijing Paralympic Games Thursday, national archers have shown marked improvement.
"Despite not winning any medal, we are happy with Mohd Salam Sidik and Zulkifli Mat Zin's performance," national coach Johari Abu Bakar told Bernama.
He said the ability of Mohd Salam and Zulkifli collecting more than 300 points in the ranking round was commendable.
"They had never achieved the score in the qualifying rounds before. They were also beaten by a narrow margin," he said.
Johari said the team would now set their sight for the 2012 London Paralympic and the preparation would begin in January next year.
"We are taking a breather before the Armed Forces Archery Championship next month followed by the National Open Archery Championship.
"As there is no championship catered for disabled people, we have to take part in the normal championships," he said.
National archers will also take part in the World Para Archery Championship in the Czech Republic in August, next year, he said, adding that, it would be the benchmark for the ranking of the athletes.
Johari said the National Archery Association would also be grooming junior archers for international campaigns.
"We are also trying to uncover talents among women archers as we do not have many of them around," he said.
-- BERNAMA
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