Tag: archery
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Partnership agreement with OlympAfrica
Lausanne (SUI), April 16, 2013: World Archery (WA) has signed a partnership agreement with OlympAfrica for the development of archery in Africa, especially for the youth. OlympAfrica is a foundation founded by the late HE Mr Juan Antonio SAMARANCH, former President of the International Olympic Committee. The foundation is supported by the International Olympic Committee;…
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Archery listed among Olympic core sports by IOC
Lausanne – Switzerland, Feb 13, 2013: Archery, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced yesterday that archery has been introduced to form part of the core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games. However the sport of wrestling faces being removed from the programme. The presentation and visibility of archery has developed dramatically over the last decade,…
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Olympic archers are return to the world stage
Tokyo (JPN), Sept 20, 2012: VALENCIA, Olympic archers are return to the world stage to do battle, some to continue their summer of medal-winning performances, and others feeling they have something to prove. After three World Cup stages, the cream of the crop in archery has made its way to Tokyo for the Archery World Cup…
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Paralympic records fall in the archery ranking
London – GBR, August 30, 2012: Three Paralympic records fell on the first day of archery at Royal Artillery Barracks despite terrible weather on the ranking range. Amid an onslaught of wind and rain, Russia and Great Britain delivered strong performances in closely fought men’s and women’s matches in the morning and afternoon sessions. In…
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VALLADONT world champion at home!
Val d’Isere – France, August 19, 2012: Jean-Charles VALLADONT (FRA) became the first recurve men world champion for France! Elena RICHTER (GER) won it in recurve women. Jesse BROADWATER (USA) got his first individual world title in compound men and so did Ivana BUDEN in compound women. The new barebow world champions are Sebastian JUANOLA…
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Korea claims second gold, Mexico makes history
London – GBR, August 03, 2012: KI Bo Bae has returned the women’s individual archery gold medal to Korea after edging a one-arrow shoot-off with Mexico’s Aida ROMAN at Lord’s on Thursday. Fellow countrywoman Mariana AVITIA gave her country a second historical medal, winning bronze over USA’s five-time Olympian Khatuna LORIG. KI, the top seed…
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Korea win seventh successive women’s team gold
London – GBR, July 29, 2012: Korea once again showed they are invincible as a team as they took gold in the women’s event for the seventh successive time by beating China 210-209 at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Sunday. The Koreans have ruled this event since it was introduced at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games.…
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Unfancied Italy beat USA in final to win team gold
London – GBR, July 28, 2012: Olympic Archery, Italy, silver medallists at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, went one better as they beat world No. 1 USA 219-218 to win the gold medal in the men’s team event at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Saturday. Michele FRANGILLI (ITA) needed a 10 to clinch it and the…
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9th World University Championships ready to start
Lausanne – July 03, 2012: World University Championships, The 9th edition of the FISU World University Archery Championship will take place from 4-7 July in Cordoba, Spain. This competition will go on until 2016: from 2019 onwards archery will be a compulsory sport on the Universiade programme. Recurve Jean-Charles VALLADONT at the 2011 World Archery…
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An Iraqi woman archer on the London shooting line
Lausanne (SUI), July 03, 2012: Iraqi woman archer, A female athlete from Iraq will compete in the archery event of the 2012 London Olympic Games. She obtained the Minimum Qualification Score just by the deadline. On 1 May 2012 Iraq had been selected by the Tripartite Commission to receive an Invitation Place for the women’s…