World’s No. 1 leads Longines Prize for Precision 2012

Longines Prize for Precision The Longines Prize for Precision for archery was launched in 2010. The two most precise archers during the World Cup season from two categories will win the trophy, a watch and 5,000 Swiss francs. The prize alternates between the recurve and compound categories each year, and in 2012 the recurve athletes who shoot the most 10s during all individual qualifications and matches as of the 1/16 eliminations of the World Cup will win the Longines Prize for Precision.   On the men’s side, the winner of the Longines Prize in 2010, who is No. 1 in the world and a double World Cup Final defending champion, Brady ELLISON, has already built a good lead in the Longines Prize Ranking. So far he has shot 158 tens, while his closest pursuers are Gael PREVOST (FRA) with 136 and IM Dong Hyun (KOR) with 132. It would take a top notch performance by either PREVOST or IM to catch ELLISON in Tokyo. Will the American become the first man to win two Longines Prizes for Precision and three World Cup Finals? The top 10 ranked athletes right now are listed below:   Archers Country Number of 10's   1 Ellison Brady USA 158 2 Prevost Gael France 136 3 Im Dong Hyun Korea 132 4 Kim Woojin Korea 122 4 Rai Tarundeep India 122 4 Rodriguez Juan I. Spain 122 7 Hrachov Dmytro Ukraine 121 8 Nespoli Mauro Italy 119 9 Mohamad Khairul Anuar Malaysia 118 10 Cheng Chu Sian Malaysia 117   On the women’s side, KI has already had the best summer of her career winning double gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games! She also re-captured the No. 1 spot in the world ranking. However, she has never won a World Cup Final or the Longines Prize for Precision. She currently leads the Prize with 105 tens and her main opponents for this race in Tokyo are Jennifer NICHOLS (USA), who currently has 87, and CHOI Heyonju (KOR), with 85. The top 10 ranked women archers are:     Archers Country Number of 10's   1 Ki Bo Bae Korea 105 2 Perova Ksenia Russia 92 3 Lee Sung Jin Korea 90 4 Nichols Jennifer USA 87 5 Choi Hyeonju Korea 85 6 Lorig Khatuna USA 84 7 Xu Jing P.R. China 81 8 Chang Hye Jin Korea 80 9 Leek Miranda USA 79 9 Valeeva Natalia Italy 79   The complete rankings are here.   Last year the compound athletes Rodger WILLET JR and Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) won the Prize. In 2010, the Prize went to Brady ELLISON and Justyna MOSPINEK (POL).   World Archery Communication