India defeats Iran in archery

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PTV - Iran's Hojjatollah Vaezi has been defeated by his Indian rival in the elimination round of men's individual archery at the Beijing Olympics.

Vaezi, the only male Iranian archer at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, lost 112-98 to his rival Mangal Singh Champia from India and was omitted from the competition on Wednesday morning.

The Indian archer was second in the men's ranking round while Vaezi was placed 64th.

North Korea's Kwon Un Sil managed to beat Iran's female archer Najmeh Abtin 106-96 on Tuesday.