Tag: archery
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Antalya hosts Archery World Cup for the seventh time
Lausanne – April 27, 2012: Hosting its seventh edition of a World Cup stage from 1-6 May 2012, Antalya is a true grand slam of archery. With 382 athletes and 156 officials registered from 49 countries, the Stage 2 of the Archery World Cup 2012 will be one of the largest ever. This year the…
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Athletes Committee: Election, Procedure and Application Form
Lausanne – April 27, 2012: Athletes Committee, The World Archery Athletes Committee—which has been partially re-elected in Turin in July 2011 during the World Archery Championships—will conduct a re-election of their 6th member representing the Field Archery. This will take place in Val d’Isere where the World Archery Field Championships will be held from 14-19 August…
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TONIOLI wins second Archery World Cup event-Compound Women Individual
Shanghai-China, April 15, 2012: The first World Cup of the year has ended in Shanghai with the four compound individual medal matches. On the female side, the mixed team world champion 2011 Marcella TONIOLI (ITA) defeated the reigning individual world champion Albina LOGINOVA (RUS) in the gold final. The Italian clinched her second World Cup…
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The French mixed double prevents an American hat-trick
Shanghai – China, April 15, 2012: The Riverside Boulevard in Shanghai on the east bank of Huangpu River welcomed the final matches of the Archery World Cup Stage taking place in Shanghai for the second time today. The world’s top nation in compound, USA, entered the three team gold matches as the favourite. The American…
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Archery World Cup 2012: The two top athletes confirm supremacy
Shanghai – China, April 15, 2012: The recurve division’s competition at the Archery World Cup 2012 Stage 1 in Shanghai has ended with the four individual medal matches. On the men’s side Brady ELLISON (USA) was again a cut above the competition. He clinched a straightforward victory over Dmytro HRACHOV (UKR). In the women’s event…
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Shanghai hosts Archery World Cup debut for the first time
Lausanne – April 05, 2012: The Chinese town of Shanghai will host the Archery World Cup stage 1 in a few days, from 10-15 April 2012. The participation is very high with close to 330 archers expected on the field. Shanghai will host the Archery World Cup for the fifth time since 2006. It is…
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FITA becomes the World Archery Federation (WA) & Turkish Airlines continues to support World Archery
Lausanne, April 02, 2012: Turkish Airlines, The 2011 Congress in Turin (ITA) will remain as a true milestone in archery history: the delegates decided at a very large majority that FITA would become the World Archery Federation, with the abbreviation of WA. The decision came into effect officially on 1 April 2012. The World Archery brand…
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SHIBUYA, new partner of World Archery
Lausanne, Feb 27, 2012: Philipp KNALL, The Japanese manufacturer SHIBUYA Archery has signed an agreement with World Archery to become one of their Development Fund Partners. SHIBUYA is well-known among archery competitors in particular for their line of target sights. They have had also produced many other accessory items such as stabilisers, plunger buttons, recurve…
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The USA win four team golds in Vegas
USA win four team golds: The senior team finals for the gold and bronze medals took place on Thursday at the Indoor World Championships in Vegas. The USA dominated the team competition, winning the four gold medals at stake. Recurve Men Team: Gold Medal – USA (1) v Russia (3) These teams had met at…
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Andre AGASSI to appear at World Archery Indoor Championships
Las Vegas-USA, Feb 07, 2012: Andre AGASSI, widely considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, will be appearing on behalf of Longines to present awards at the finals of the World Archery Indoor Championships. The finals, which will take place on Thursday at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las…