Archery: Singapore's Nur Syahidah Alim is new No. 1 in Para World Rankings

"I feel very proud and honoured to bring Singapore to the top of the world in archery," said Singapore's Nur Syahidah Alim. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Winning a Paralympic medal has long been in Nur Syahidah Alim's cross hairs and her hopes of achieving that dream at next year's Tokyo Games received a boost after the Singaporean recently clinched the world No. 1 spot.

In the October classification by World Archery - rankings are usually released at the start of every month - the 34-year-old leads the standings of the compound women open individual category with 195.2 points.

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