VETERAN campaigner Amaya Paz Cojuangco bagged the silver medal in the women’s compound event at the Asia Archery Cup 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Cojuangco, seeded 13th in her event, reached the finals, but then bowed to 6th seed Parisa Baratchi of Iran, 141-146, according to the tournament’s official website.
In making it to the final round, Cojuangco outscored five others, first with a 144-132 win over Chen Na of China.
Then, she turned back 20th seed Dellie Threesyadinha of Indonesia, 141-139, before Cojuangco prevailed over 4th seed Aung Ngeain of Myanmar, 140-135, and 28th seed lee Ting Hsuan of Taipei, 144-135.
Then, she reached the finals after getting past 8th seed Chen Yi Hsuan, 144-135.
For Amaya, who is the wife of former archer and Tarlac vice governot Kit Cojuangco, it was one of her best showings in an international meet.
In the same tournament in 2015, she claimed 5 golds, out of the 7-gold medal haul made by team Philippines.
In women’s recurve, it was 15-year-old Nicole Tagle who came up with a strong showing on her first international campaign after taking the bronze medal.
She disposed of 43rd seed Anastasiya Turkina of Kazakhstan, 6-2, before upsetting 11th seed Natalia Erdynieva of Russia, 6-4.
Tagle stayed on course for a finals’ seat when she edged 6th seed Rajendra Shitole of India, 6-4, and third seed Farida Tukebayeva, 6-5, via a 10-9 shootoff.
In the semis, Tagle absorbed a 3-7 defeat to 7th seed Thi Dao Loc of Vietnam.
She settled for the bronze when Tagle bowed to 21st seed Ray Shamoli of Bangladesh, 4-6, in the consolation round.
The Philippines will still see action in the Olympic Rounds of the recurve and compound team events this weekend.