{"id":73817,"date":"2019-01-30T10:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=73817"},"modified":"2019-01-30T10:51:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:51:24","slug":"malawi-archer-wins-silver-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/01\/30\/malawi-archer-wins-silver-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi archer wins silver in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Mphatso Malidadi: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73821\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/areneo-david.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/areneo-david-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/areneo-david-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/areneo-david-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/areneo-david.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HERO IN FOREIGN LAND\u2014David poses after the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Malawian archer, Areneo David, won a silver medal in an 18-metre indoor championship staged in Switzerland on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The competition attracted 30 participants and David, who is on a two-year Olympic Solidarity scholarship ahead of next year\u2019s Tokyo Olympic Games, scooped second position.<\/p>\n<p>In a Whatsapp message, David said the medal has inspired him to aim for more ahead of the Games in Japan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI want the nation to know that I will continue working hard so that I get more medals to enhance my chances of qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Malawi Olympic Committee (Moc) Public Relations Officer, Kythrina Phiri, said David\u2019s performance has given the country high hopes ahead of the Games.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cNext month, David will be going to compete in Bangladesh at the third ISSF International Solidarity World Ranking Archery Championship in Dhaka. This is in the 70-metre outdoor category. The competition will be used as a qualifier for Tokyo 2020. And since we have not yet qualified, this has given us high hopes,\u201d<\/em> Phiri said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Malawi Archery Association General Secretary, Henry Sakala, said the association is excited with David\u2019s exploits.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe has the potential to make it big. No wonder, he was offered a scholarship ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. We do not doubt that he will qualify for the Olympics,\u201d<\/em> Sakala said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mphatso Malidadi: Malawian archer, Areneo David, won a silver medal in an 18-metre indoor championship staged in Switzerland on Sunday. The competition attracted 30 participants and David, who is on a two-year Olympic Solidarity scholarship ahead of next year\u2019s Tokyo Olympic Games, scooped second position. In a Whatsapp message, David said the medal has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73822,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73817\/revisions\/73822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}