Quotes of the Elimination Rounds

 
Recurve Women   Jennifer Nichols (USA) I'm so excited! I had no idea the finals in Japan were a possibility for me! I will be getting married in September so I think this is a fantastic wedding gift: an opportunity to shoot the finals!   I would like to thank God for guiding my performance.   Recurve Men   Laurence GODFREY (GBR) In this semifinal I had a strong start against Tarundeep RAI. He came back in the game when we were 4-0, but I managed to go to the shoot-off and win it.   I'll be shooting for the gold medal on Sunday; Ogden was a good training camp and an important test because I'll be in London, at Lord's cricket Ground, in about one month. I'm looking forward to the Games.   Luis ALVAREZ (MEX) I feel really great. It was a good combination of long time training, good sensation and some part of luck. Put these three things together and you see where I arrived!   Now what I hope is that our women’s team qualify for the Games at the Team Final Qualification Tournament tomorrow. This is the real aim of this event, for me and all my team: we all would like to go to the London's Games!   Compound Men   Reo WILDE (USA)   What do you contribute to your success today?   I put a lot of hard work into it because I really wanted to do well here. I shoot four hours per day.   How do you feel going into Saturday?   I feel good, it’s been a good year for me. My scores have been solid all year so as long as I keep it up it should be good.   Peter (ELZINGA) is a great competitor so it's not going to be a freebie but it should be good.   Compound Women   Jamie VAN NATTA (USA)   How do you feel going into Saturday?   I am totally excited I haven’t done all that great this year so I’m excited that today went exactly as I planned.   How do you feel about shooting against your teammate?   It’s the best and the worst. It’s good because we shoot with each other all the time so it’s very comfortable. It’s the worst because we shoot against each other all the time, she is my biggest competition.   World Archery Communication