Leipzig “LIVE” – Individual Compound Final Matches

Today was the last day of the 44th World Championships in Leipzig! The competition ended with the individual finals for all categories. The Compound Men and Women categories started in the morning with the semi-finals followed by the bronze and gold medal matches.
    COMPOUND WOMEN   Semi-final: Salvi (ITA) – Markovic (NED)
Almost perfect end for the Italian, 2007 Indoor World Champion, with 29 points (10-9-10)! She was leading her Dutch opponent by one point at that moment (9-9-10/28). Shooting a 7 in the second end, Markovic offered a 2-point advantage to Salvi half-way (55-53). The lady from the Netherlands came back to one point, scoring a 29-point third end, while the Italian was doing 28 (83-82). There was a 3-point advantage for Salvi before the last arrow of the match (102-99). With a 10 she clinched the match by 112-108 to fight for gold later on.     Semi-final: Bouillot (FRA) – Loginova (RUS) 
First match of the day with the French Bouillot facing Russian Loginova. The archers shoot 4 ends of three arrows each in alternate shooting. After the first end of this semi-final Loginova (9-10-9/28) was leading Bouillot (10-8-8/26) by two points. Going on with a perfect 30 end, the Russian lady doubled her advantage over her opponent (58-54). Shooting first as she was trailing, the French shot stronger 8-10-10 (82). The difference stayed the same after Loginova scored 9-10-9 (86). Bouillot could not recover with her last three arrows losing by 114-109. Loginova will shoot for gold and Bouillot for bronze.     Bronze Medal: Bouillot (FRA) – Markovic (NED)
Shooting for bronze it was Bouillot who took the lead after the first end: she shot 9-10-10 (29) and her opponent from the Netherlands 9-8-9 (26). Markovic went on with a perfect 30-point end to recover one point. Shooting 10-10-9, Bouillot was still ahead with an intermediate total of 58. The two archers went on with the same 9-10-10 series and the score was still in favour of the French archer by two points (87-85). With one arrow to go, Bouillot was still in the lead by the two points, but she shot a bad 8… As her opponent finished with a 10, the two archers were tied at the end of the match. Bouillot came round and shot a perfect arrow (10) in the shoot-off. Markovic scored a 9 and left the bronze medal to her opponent from France.     Gold Medal: Loginova (RUS) – Salvi (ITA)
The Russian opened with an 8-9-10 end, while the Italian shot 9-10-10. Salvi was leading by two points at that time (29-27). Miss Salvi continued with 9-10-9 and increased her lead to 57-54. Loginova scored 9-9-10 but was still trailing by two points (84-82) with only three arrows left. Salvi even increased her lead in the last end to clinch victory by 111-107. After the Indoor title in March this year, Salvi now becomes double World Champion with the Outdoor title!    
COMPOUND MEN   Semi-final: Gellenthien (USA) – Duo (ESP) 
The 2007 World Indoor Champion Gellenthien was shooting first in this second semi-final. He started with a perfect end and 30 points! Duo shot well with 29, but was already one point behind after three arrows. The Spanish then scored 8-9-9 (55) and was trailing by three points half-way after his opponent released 9-10-9 (58). Duo recovered one point when he shot a perfect end third end (30). Gellenthien got 29 in that series to keep the lead by 87-85. Duo finished with 10-10-9 and a total of 114. His opponent from the USA clinched the match with a second perfect end and a 117 total. He will meet his neighbour Trillius (CAN) in the gold medal match.     Semi-final: Trillus (CAN) – Damsbo (DEN)
Damsbo started first on target no. 2. He opened the match with 9-10-9 (28). Trillus, shooting on target 1, scored 10-10-9 (29) for a 1-point lead. They both went on with a 10-9-9 series and the score was still to the Canadian’s advantage for one point (57-56). The lead was still for him (86-85) after he scored 10-10-9 and Damsbo 9-10-10. The Dane could unfortunately not recover this one point disadvantage and left victory to his opponent (114-113). Trillus will be shooting for gold, while Dambso will compete for bronze.     Bronze Medal: Damsbo (DEN) – Duo (ESP)
It was the Dane who started best with a 9-10-10 series and 29 points, while the Spanish archer opened with a triple 9 (27). They both followed with 10-10-9, which allowed Damsbo to keep his 2-point lead over Duo (58-56). The archer from Denmark then scored 9-9-10 and a total of 86. Triple 9 for Duo again, now trailing by three points with three arrows to go (83). Both opened the last end with a 10. The two archers then shot a 9 and were still separated by two points. Damsbo finished with a perfect shot (10) to win the bronze medal over Duo (9). Final score: 115-111.     Gold Medal: Trillus (CAN) – Gellenthien (USA)
Both archers were tied at 29 after the first end, as Gellenthien started with 10-10-9 and Trillius with 9-10-10. The two archers looked a bit stressed shooting for the world title... They both continued with 28 points in the second end for a tied score of 57 points. The Canadian and the American even increased their shooting level in the second part, shooting a perfect triple 10 series for the same total of 87 each! Gellenthien took the lead with one arrow to go, after he shot 10-10 and his opponent 9-10. He shot a 9, however, with his last arrow, and Trillius scoring a 10 could tie the match (116-116). Gellenthien was shooting first in the shoot-off and he scored a 9, leaving a possible victory to his opponent… The Canadian managed to hold his nerves and released a perfect last arrow to become the new World Champion in Compound Men!