Jakarta, Oct. 1 -- Indonesia won its first Asian Games archery gold after Nurisa Dian Ashrifah defeated the Philippines' Amaya Amparo Cojuangco 139-137 in the women's individual compound final Thursday.

Her victory gave Indonesia its fifth gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games, following wins in badminton, weightlifting and women's speed climbing.

Nurisa narrowly beat Cojuangco at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Hall in Aichi, Japan, according to the Asian Games organizers.

The victory marked Indonesia's first archery gold in Asian Games history. Its previous best results were silver medals in team and individual recurve events.

Tatang Budiman, Donald Pandiangan and Suradi Rukimin won the men's recurve team silver at the 1982 Asi...