Publish Date: 8 July 2017 - 19:29

TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s female compound team won the first medal of Iranian archery squad at Asia Cup ranking round in Chinese Taipei.

The third stage of Archery tournament was held on Saturday in finals and ranking rounds in Chinese Taipei, and Iran’s women's compound team grabbed a bronze medal defeating the Malaysian team.

Fereshteh Ghorbani, Parisa Baratchi and Afsaneh Shafiee are competing for Iranian women's compound, who defeated Malaysian team with 224 points against 223.

The Malaysian team had already beat Singapore at the quarter-finals, but due to the defeat against Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals, failed to climb to the final.

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