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The Opening Ceremony was held yesterday at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium with about 40,000 spectators and in presence of the IOC President Dr Jacques ROGGE and the IWGA President Mr Ron FROEHLICH. The archery event is starting today with the official practice.
The World Games are a multidisciplinary sport event held since 1981, organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA) under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The World Games are meant for sports, or disciplines within a sport, that are not on the programme of the Olympic Games. At quadrennial intervals, they provide athletes with the opportunity to join with their countrymen and countrywomen from other sports, in the Olympic spirit, and compete as part of a national team at the highest level.
A multitude of popular and spectacular sports are represented in the World Games: from artistic and dance sports, to ball sports, martial arts, precision sports, strength sports, trend sports, and invitational sports. The World Games are the main event for the world’s best athletes in these sports – an event marked by search for excellence as well as by camaraderie across all boundaries.
While the IWGA explicitly adheres to all principles in the Olympic Charter, the World Games differ in one important aspect from the Olympic Games: the event is to be staged at already existing venues. This condition influences the composition of the World Games programme – not all sports feature necessarily on every edition.
The sport of archery, whose recurve division is an Olympic discipline, is represented at the World Games by the compound division and by field archery for the recurve and barebow divisions.
The recurve field archery division could see a battle between former world N°1 Brady ELLISON (USA) and current world field champion Jean-Charles VALLADONT (FRA), who displayed his great form earlier this month at the third stage of the Archery World Cup in Medellin, where he reached the bronze medal match.
On the women’s side, the favourites are world field champion Elena RICHTER (GER), runner-up Zoe GOEBBELS (BEL), runner-up from the last World Games Jessica TOMASI (ITA), Naomi FOLKARD (GBR), third at both the last World Games and the last world field championships, as well as Lisa UNRUH (GER), fourth at the last World Games.
A fantastic field will compete in the compound division. On the men’s side the favourites are world N°2 and winner of the Medellin World Cup Reo WILDE (USA), world N°3 Martin DAMSBO (DEN), world record holder Peter ELZINGA (NED), European champion Sergio PAGNI (ITA), former World Cup Final winner Jorge JIMENEZ (ESA), World Cup Final bronze medallist Julio Ricardo FIERRO (MEX), and the French duo Dominique GENET and Pierre-Julien DELOCHE (FRA), who contributed to the French team’s gold medal at the Medellin World Cup.
As for the women, double world champion and world N°1 Albina LOGINOVA (RUS) will try to win the title in her first World Games. She will be challenged by the recent World Cup winners from the host country Sara LOPEZ and Alejandra USQUIANO. Other contenders include Medellin runner-up Erika JONES (USA), world silver medallist Pascale LEBECQUE (FRA), European champion Kristina BERGER (GER), world field champion from Croatia Ivana BUDEN (photo), and Medellin bronze medallist Ana MENDOZA (VEN).
The men’s barebow division features the top athletes in the world. Will world champion Sebastián JUANOLA (ESP) add another major title to his track record, in his first World Games? He will be challenged, among others, by Italy’s Giuseppe SAIMONDI, defending World Games champion and bronze medallist at the last world championships. Watch out also for Olivier ROY (FRA), 4th individually and who impressed in the team competition in Val d’Isere.
On the women’s side, competition promises to be tough between world champion Lina BJORKLUND (SWE) and Eleonora STROBBE (ITA), the defending World Games winner who settled for silver in Val d’Isere.
Stay tuned on our website for all news, results and photos from Cali.
World Archery Communication
The World Games are a multidisciplinary sport event held since 1981, organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA) under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The World Games are meant for sports, or disciplines within a sport, that are not on the programme of the Olympic Games. At quadrennial intervals, they provide athletes with the opportunity to join with their countrymen and countrywomen from other sports, in the Olympic spirit, and compete as part of a national team at the highest level.
A multitude of popular and spectacular sports are represented in the World Games: from artistic and dance sports, to ball sports, martial arts, precision sports, strength sports, trend sports, and invitational sports. The World Games are the main event for the world’s best athletes in these sports – an event marked by search for excellence as well as by camaraderie across all boundaries.
While the IWGA explicitly adheres to all principles in the Olympic Charter, the World Games differ in one important aspect from the Olympic Games: the event is to be staged at already existing venues. This condition influences the composition of the World Games programme – not all sports feature necessarily on every edition.
The sport of archery, whose recurve division is an Olympic discipline, is represented at the World Games by the compound division and by field archery for the recurve and barebow divisions.
The recurve field archery division could see a battle between former world N°1 Brady ELLISON (USA) and current world field champion Jean-Charles VALLADONT (FRA), who displayed his great form earlier this month at the third stage of the Archery World Cup in Medellin, where he reached the bronze medal match.
On the women’s side, the favourites are world field champion Elena RICHTER (GER), runner-up Zoe GOEBBELS (BEL), runner-up from the last World Games Jessica TOMASI (ITA), Naomi FOLKARD (GBR), third at both the last World Games and the last world field championships, as well as Lisa UNRUH (GER), fourth at the last World Games.
A fantastic field will compete in the compound division. On the men’s side the favourites are world N°2 and winner of the Medellin World Cup Reo WILDE (USA), world N°3 Martin DAMSBO (DEN), world record holder Peter ELZINGA (NED), European champion Sergio PAGNI (ITA), former World Cup Final winner Jorge JIMENEZ (ESA), World Cup Final bronze medallist Julio Ricardo FIERRO (MEX), and the French duo Dominique GENET and Pierre-Julien DELOCHE (FRA), who contributed to the French team’s gold medal at the Medellin World Cup.
As for the women, double world champion and world N°1 Albina LOGINOVA (RUS) will try to win the title in her first World Games. She will be challenged by the recent World Cup winners from the host country Sara LOPEZ and Alejandra USQUIANO. Other contenders include Medellin runner-up Erika JONES (USA), world silver medallist Pascale LEBECQUE (FRA), European champion Kristina BERGER (GER), world field champion from Croatia Ivana BUDEN (photo), and Medellin bronze medallist Ana MENDOZA (VEN).The men’s barebow division features the top athletes in the world. Will world champion Sebastián JUANOLA (ESP) add another major title to his track record, in his first World Games? He will be challenged, among others, by Italy’s Giuseppe SAIMONDI, defending World Games champion and bronze medallist at the last world championships. Watch out also for Olivier ROY (FRA), 4th individually and who impressed in the team competition in Val d’Isere.
On the women’s side, competition promises to be tough between world champion Lina BJORKLUND (SWE) and Eleonora STROBBE (ITA), the defending World Games winner who settled for silver in Val d’Isere.
Stay tuned on our website for all news, results and photos from Cali.
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