Nemati claimed a gold medal with 647 points after earning a slot at the Olympic Games by taking silver in the women’s individual event at the Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok on November 8.
Double-Paralympic champion Nemati lost 0-4 to Turkish archer Ozlem Kalay before recovering to win 6-4 in the quarter-finals and with a 6-0 win over South Korea’s Mi-Hyang Lee, she advanced to the finals.
The Iranian archer finished first with 647 points in the women’s individual Recurve followed by China’s Dandanin Lin who won the silver medal with 617 points while the bronze medal went to South Korean Nam-Suk Ha with 544 points.
