By: Benjamin Liew

It was a bittersweet day for Singapore’s fourth medallist, archer Mohamed Jaffar Abdud Dayyan.

Jaffer had a great start to the day, having beaten Britain’s Mark Nesbitt 6 – 4 in the round of 16.

What made the victory so significant is that Nestbitt had been touted as one of the favourites to win gold at the YOG, having won 2 previously at the Youth Olympic Festival in Australia in January.

However, the young archer’s run came to an abrupt end when he was convincingly trounced 0 – 6 by Slovenia’s Gregor Rajh in the Boy’s Individual Archery competition at the Kallang field on Aug 21 afternoon.

Egypt’s Ibrahim Sabry eventually claimed top spot in the event, beating Rick van Oever of the Netherlands with exactly the same score.

The Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah student had become Singapore’s fourth Youth Olympic Games (YOG) medallist, having won a bronze medal at the Mixed Archery event on Aug 19 in a thrilling sudden-death match, which saw him hit a bulls eye in his final shot to end the contest and claim third spot.