Tag: WA
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ALVAREZ and TIMOFEEVA burst on World Cup
World Archery News, June 25, 2012: At just 21 years old, Luis ALVAREZ (MEX) was impressive in the final of the Ogden World Cup! His victory offered him a trip to the World Cup Final in Tokyo! TIMOFEEVA (RUS) did even better! At 19 years old, she won the individual and team categories at the…
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Final Olympic Individual Qualifications Ogden
World Archery News, June 25, 2012: Ogden, On Friday, the last individual Olympic qualifications took place for the countries that didn’t have a place (per gender). There was 7 spots for the men available and 8 for the women. They were contested by 80 men (from 35 countries) and 50 women (from 25 countries). This…
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Final Olympic Team Qualifications
June 25, 2012: Here are the last teams who qualified. On the men’s side India, Japan and Chinese Taipei. On the women’s side the USA, Mexico and Japan! Here is their way to London! On Friday, the last individual qualifications will take place. This Thursday afternoon was the very last chance to qualify a full…
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Reo WILDE made in history in World Cup
World Archery News, June 25, 2012: Reo WILDE (USA) made in history in Ogden. He not only won the three stages of the Archery World Cup 2012. He is on a 4-win streak counting the last leg in Shanghai in 2011. He is also the first archers to have won in the four cities that…
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Archery included in the Universiades
Lausanne (SUI) – June 14, 2012: World Archery is truly delighted that during its recent meeting in Kazan, Russia the Executive Committee of the International University Sport Federation (FISU) named archery in the compulsory sports programme of the Summer Universiades as of 2019. This is the results of a truly great relationship between World Archery…
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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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Nine countries already qualified for the World Games
Lausanne, June 14, 2012: The World Games will be held in Cali, Colombia in 2013, for both the compound men and women. The recent African Championships, European Championships, and Panamerican Championships were used as Continental Qualifiers. The outdoor target archery competition of the 2013 World Games will feature only the compound division (field archery is…
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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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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…