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Singapore archer Tabitha Yeo finished fourth in the Youth Olympic Games girls\u2019 individual event on Nov 9, after losing 6-4 to Sandra Perez Cumbreras of Spain in the bronze-medal play-off.<\/p>\n
Cumbreras, 16, clinched the deciding set 29-28 to place third, after both archers had won a set each and drawn two sets at the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Dakar, Senegal.<\/p>\n
In each set, archers shoot three arrows each to see who gets the higher score. A perfect 10 is awarded for arrows landing in the innermost ring. Each set won earns the archer two points. If the scores are level, they get one point each.<\/p>\n
Tabitha, who was in tears after the match, said: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t what I was hoping for. Definitely, I could have done better but I think I gave it my all.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally tired, but I\u2019m still happy. I left everything I had on the shooting line. I don\u2019t have any regrets from these Youth Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked what she was most proud of about her campaign, the 17-year-old, who placed seventh after the ranking round, said: \u201cI never gave up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came into the semi-finals as the lowest-ranked. I probably wasn\u2019t expected to make it that far, but I did it… I fought to the last arrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
On what lessons she gleaned, the psychology student at Temasek Polytechnic said: \u201cI learnt that I\u2019m a lot stronger than I think and I\u2019m going to bring that with me to every competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tabitha had lost 6-5 to Whang Ye-eun of the United States in their semi-final, which was decided by a one-arrow shoot-off, after both were deadlocked at 5-5 after five sets. Turkey\u2019s Dunya Yenihayat won the gold by beating Whang 6-5 in the final.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Tabitha defeated Egyptian Nouray Elsayed 6-0 in the quarter-finals, after overcoming Australia\u2019s Ella Yang and Mexico\u2019s Maya Casa Lara 6-0 and 6-5 respectively in the first two rounds.<\/p>\n
About a year ago, she had won gold in the mixed recurve team event with Li Yue Long at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand.<\/p>\n
Next up for her is the Hangzhou Asia Cup in China from Nov 16 to 21.<\/p>\n
Earlier at the Dakar YOG, Singapore won a gold and a silver.<\/p>\n
Wushu exponent Ng Zhe Nin, 16, struck gold in the women\u2019s taijiquan combined event on Nov 3. Two days later, table tennis player Loy Ming Ying, 16, earned a silver in the women\u2019s singles event.<\/p>\n
Singapore are represented by 14 athletes at these Games, competing in archery, athletics, badminton, 3×3 basketball, fencing, artistic gymnastics, sailing, table tennis and wushu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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