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The Longines Prize for Precision awards the most precise male and female athletes throughout the World Cup season. Athletes who shoot the most 10s during their individual qualifications, and in matches as of the 1/16 elimination round, win the coveted trophy: a Longines watch and a cheque of 5,000 Swiss Francs. This year, the Longines Prize will be awarded during the Final in Paris (FRA), scheduled for 21-22 September. The Longines Prize for Precision award was first established in 2010, awarding recurve athletes in even years and compound athletes in odd years.
For the women, Erika JONES preserves her top ranking position with 352 10s. She took the lead in the race for rankings after Stage 3 in Colombia, at which she got the silver medal. In state of grace since then, she has comfortably outdistanced all of her opponents in the lead-up to the Paris Final. The only athlete who seems capable of taking away the 2013 Longines Prize for Precision is Albina LOGINOVA, gold medalist in Poland in the final against... Erika JONES!
After the first two stages of the season, Korean archer SEOK Ji Hyun was ranked first but JONES overtook SEOK after the latter missed the third stage. Colombian archers Sara LOPEZ and Alejandra USQUIANO, as well as French athletes Pascale LEBECQUE and Sophie DODEMONT, also participated in three of the four World Cup stages.
The eight World Cup female finalists, ranked by number of tens:
Erika JONES (USA) 352Albina LOGINOVA (RUS) 322Sara LOPEZ (COL) 255SEOK Ji Hyun (KOR) 238Kristina BERGER (GER) 227Alejandra USQUIANO (COL) 212Pascale LEBECQUE (FRA) 205Sophie DODEMONT (FRA 182
On the men’s side, Braden GELLENTHIEN and teammate Reo WILDE share the lead for the top ranking position: 416 10s each. GELLENTHIEN had initially held the lead after the first two World Cup Stages in China and Turkey; however, he lost the first position to Martin DAMSBO after the third stage in Colombia. These three athletes are the front-runners in the race for winning the 2013 Longines Prize for Precision.MIN Lihong missed the third stage in Colombia, and Patrick LAURSEN took part in two of the four stages, dropping them to the final two positions in this rankings race.
The eight World Cup male finalists, ranked by number of tens:
Braden GELLENTHIEN (USA) 416Reo WILDE (USA) 416Martin DAMSBO (DEN) 403Sergio PAGNI (ITA) 333Dominique GENET (FRA) 311Pierre-Julien DELOCHE (FRA) 295MIN Lihong (KOR) 241Patrick LAURSEN (DEN) 184
The hotly contested 2013 Longines Prize for Precision will be awarded at the 2013 World Cup Final in Paris.
Go to the Longines Prize for Precision 2013 rankings, follow the Paris Final in our webpage, as well as the event official page.
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