Friday, August 3, 2012

No semis cheer for Khairul

UPDATED

ARCHER Khairul Anuar Mohamad had to be satisfied with emulating Cheng Chu Sian as the London Olympics semi-finals proved one step too far for the Malaysian at Lord's cricket ground on Friday.

Japan's Takaharu Furukawa won their last eight tie 6-2 as Khairul, who beat Britain's Larry Godfrey in the last-16, failed to control his bow due to strong winds.

"It is so disappointing to lose but I could not cope with the strong wind," said Khairul.

The Japanese won the best of five sets tie 27-26, 26-24, 21-28 and 28-26 .

Khairul Anuar Mohamad faces Japan's Takaharu Furukawa in the quarter-finals.

Khairul had earlier on Friday silenced  a partisan crowd by beating Godfrey 6-5 in a nail-biting last-16 tie.
Khairul won the first set 27-25 and the second was drawn 28-28. Godfrey then pulled himself level by winning the third 29-27 and then led 5-3 on points after winning the fourth 28-26.


Khairul wasn't done though as he forced a one-arrow shoot-off by winning the fifth 28-26 and produced a bullseye to the Briton's nine to advance but just like Chu Sian in Beijing four years ago, he failed to advance to the semi-finals.

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