Tag: FITA
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World Cup and Final Olympic Qualifications in Ogden
Lausanne – June 14, 2012: World Cup Stage 3: HRACHOV, Stage 3 of the World Cup will exceptionally be the last leg this year. World Archery has usually four qualifying stages to its World Cup Final, but this year as everybody knows there is another big event in the calendar: the Olympic Games. The fact…
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New world record at the Para Archery Test Event
London – May 05, 2012: The Russian archer Timur TUCHINOV set a new world record in the recurve men standing division for the opening of the Paralympic Test Event on Friday, 4 May. Cold and colourful are the descriptive words being used at the Royal Archery Barracks for the Para Archery Test Event. Archers and…
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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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Indoor World Championships & World Cup Final contenders set sights on Las Vegas
Las Vegas (USA), Jan 27, 2012: Archers across the globe are getting geared up for Vegas. You can read it in their Face book posts, see it in their Tweets: all eyes are on Sin City. The World Archery Indoor Championships will take place from 5-9 February 2012. Stage 3 and the Final of the Indoor…