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The women’s final featured two teams that have been shooting at an incredible level this season: Antalya winner Korea against Medellin winner India. Korea was by far the strongest team during qualifications and elimination rounds this week. Since 2010, these teams have met seven times, and Korea led the victory count 5-2. The task would not be easy for Deepika KUMARI, Bombayla Devi LAISHRAM and Rimil BURIULY, against the three Olympic gold medallists YUN Ok-Hee, KI Bo Bae, and CHANG Hye Jin. The wind was a factor in the final, with unusual 7s on both sides. Nothing seemed to be able to separate the two teams, who tied during the first fifteen arrows. The final end would be decisive, when initial 6 by KI Bo Bae - who let down her bow - ended Korea’s hopes. Victory 219-215 and the second straight gold medal for India!
The Danish women were the surprising bronze medallists. Despite having lost all four previous encounters with Russia, they killed the match by taking an 11-point lead in the first end (53-42) after a disastrous performance by Russia under treacherous wind. With a 210-194 victory, Carina CHRISTIANSEN, Maja JAGER, and Anne Marie LAURSEN, who have been shooting together since 2010, have won their first World Cup medal, and the first for Denmark in the recurve category. Russia ends up at the foot of the podium once again, after their fourth place finishes at the Olympic Games and the Antalya World Cup.
The men’s medal matches were rematches of last year’s Olympic semi-finals, and the scores were entirely different this time. For the gold, Korea, the dominant team of the 2013 season with victories in Shanghai and Antalya, faced the United States, who had deprived them of the Olympic final last year. Strong wind gusts were blowing, but Korea seemed unaffected. Fantastic shooting by London individual Olympic champion OH Jin Hyek, 2008 Olympic team champion IM Dong Hyun, and newcomer LEE Seungyun, combined with several low scores coming from the US archers Brady ELLISON, Joe FANCHIN and Jake KAMINSKI, ended in a 225-196 victory for Korea. It is the third World Cup victory this year for Korea in as many participations. The silver is an improvement for the United States whose best result so far this season had been a bronze medal in Medellin.
The wind also affected the men’s bronze medal match, which was a rematch of last year’s Olympic semi-final, won by Italy over Mexico on their way to the gold medal in London. The Mexican athletes Luis ALVAREZ, Juan-René SERRANO, and Luis VELEZ just missed a medal at the Olympics (fourth), but they achieved their country’s first gold last month in Medellin. The statistics were in favour of Italy, who has won all seven encounters with Mexico since 2007; however, Italy - shooting under new coach Wietse VAN ALTEN - presented a rather new team who has yet to win a World Cup medal this year: Mauro NESPOLI is the only Olympic champion on the roster, with newcomers at this level Luca MELOTTO and Amedeo TONELLI. Today, strong wind gusts affected the scores. Mexico was superior in three of the four ends, for a victory 213-207. Their bronze medal confirms their status among the top recurve men’s nations.
Competition continues this afternoon in Wroclaw with the individual recurve finals. Watch live streamed coverage at Archery TV.
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The Danish women were the surprising bronze medallists. Despite having lost all four previous encounters with Russia, they killed the match by taking an 11-point lead in the first end (53-42) after a disastrous performance by Russia under treacherous wind. With a 210-194 victory, Carina CHRISTIANSEN, Maja JAGER, and Anne Marie LAURSEN, who have been shooting together since 2010, have won their first World Cup medal, and the first for Denmark in the recurve category. Russia ends up at the foot of the podium once again, after their fourth place finishes at the Olympic Games and the Antalya World Cup.
The men’s medal matches were rematches of last year’s Olympic semi-finals, and the scores were entirely different this time. For the gold, Korea, the dominant team of the 2013 season with victories in Shanghai and Antalya, faced the United States, who had deprived them of the Olympic final last year. Strong wind gusts were blowing, but Korea seemed unaffected. Fantastic shooting by London individual Olympic champion OH Jin Hyek, 2008 Olympic team champion IM Dong Hyun, and newcomer LEE Seungyun, combined with several low scores coming from the US archers Brady ELLISON, Joe FANCHIN and Jake KAMINSKI, ended in a 225-196 victory for Korea. It is the third World Cup victory this year for Korea in as many participations. The silver is an improvement for the United States whose best result so far this season had been a bronze medal in Medellin.The wind also affected the men’s bronze medal match, which was a rematch of last year’s Olympic semi-final, won by Italy over Mexico on their way to the gold medal in London. The Mexican athletes Luis ALVAREZ, Juan-René SERRANO, and Luis VELEZ just missed a medal at the Olympics (fourth), but they achieved their country’s first gold last month in Medellin. The statistics were in favour of Italy, who has won all seven encounters with Mexico since 2007; however, Italy - shooting under new coach Wietse VAN ALTEN - presented a rather new team who has yet to win a World Cup medal this year: Mauro NESPOLI is the only Olympic champion on the roster, with newcomers at this level Luca MELOTTO and Amedeo TONELLI. Today, strong wind gusts affected the scores. Mexico was superior in three of the four ends, for a victory 213-207. Their bronze medal confirms their status among the top recurve men’s nations.
Competition continues this afternoon in Wroclaw with the individual recurve finals. Watch live streamed coverage at Archery TV.
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