Record number of preliminary entries for Torino 2011

Record number of preliminary entries for Torino 2011 Turin (ITA) – 7 April 2011   The preliminary registration for the World Archery Championships 2011 in Turin, Italy has closed reaching a record number of participants. The event will count on the presence of 79 participating nations, 281 officials and 609 archers, divided as follows: 209 recurve men, 172 recurve women, 138 compound men and 90 compound women.   There will also be a very high number of teams in the team events: 64 recurve men's teams, 48 recurve women's teams, 38 compound men's teams, 22 compound women's teams, as well as 61 recurve mixed teams and 36 compound mixed teams.   The World Archery Championships—Olympic qualifier for London 2012—will take place at the Hunting Palace of Stupinigi for the qualifications round and in Piazza Castello for the finals round from 3-10 July 2011.   The number of athletes competing in Turin will be more than 50 higher than at the last World Championships valid for Olympic qualification held in Leipzig, Germany in 2007.   All continents will be represented in Turin, with athletes from nations as "exotic" as Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uganda. Given the difficult political and institutional situation, there will be no members of the Maghreb countries, while Egypt will send their recurve men's and women's teams. Despite struggling with the natural disaster we all know about, Japan has registered his athletes, relying on a deep-rooted archery history.   The full list of participants is available on the event's website: www.2011.to.   Entries for the World Archery Para Championships are still open. This competition will take place in the gardens of the Hunting Palace of Stupinigi from 10-17 July 2011.   Source: Torino 2011 Edited by World Archery Communication