ELLISON and KI won 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.   Recurve Men On the men’s side, Brady ELLISON repeated as the winner of the Longines Prize. He won the first edition in Edinburgh 2010. ELLISON is ranked No. 1 in the world in Recurve Men. After two victories at World Cup Final in 2010 and 2011, he finished 2nd to KIM Woojin at the 2012 edition in Tokyo. Over the course of the World Cup season, ELLISON scored 173 tens to win the Longines Prize for Precision. Gael PREVOST (FRA) finished 2nd in the ranking with 154 tens and IM Dong Hyun (KOR) 3rd with 147. The top 10 ranked athletes right now are listed below:   Archers Country Number of 10's   1 Ellison Brady USA 173 2 Prevost Gael France 154 3 Im Dong Hyun Korea 147 4 Kim Woojin Korea 135 5 Hrachov Dmytro Ukraine 125 6 Rai Tarundeep India 122 6 Rodriguez Juan I. Spain 122 8 Nespoli Mauro Italy 119 9 Mohamad Khairul Anuar Malaysia 118 10 Cheng Chu Sian Malaysia 117   On the women’s side, the No. 1 in the world KI Bo Bae has had the best summer of her career winning double gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Tokyo World Cup Final and the Longines Prize for Precision! In Tokyo, she beat Deepika KUMARI of India in the title match. During the season, she scored 120 tens for the Longines Prize for Precision! She was followed by CHOI Hyeonju (KOR) with 103 tens and Jennifer NICHOLS with 98. The top 10 ranked women archers are:     Archers Country Number of 10's   1 Ki Bo Bae Korea 120 2 Choi Hyeonju Korea 103 3 Nichols Jennifer USA 98 4 Perova Ksenia Russia 92 5 Lee Sung Jin Korea 90 6 Lorig Khatuna USA 84 7 Valencia Alejandra Mexico 81 7 Xu Jing P.R. China 81 9 Chang Hye Jin Korea 80 10 10 Leek Miranda Natalia Valeeva USA Italy 79 79                           The complete rankings are here.   In Tokyo, the Longines brand director in Japan Mr Minoru AMANO awarded the winners with the Longines Prize.   Last year the compound athletes Rodger WILLET JR and Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) won it. In 2010, the Prize went to Brady ELLISON and Justyna MOSPINEK (POL).   World Archery Communication