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After the compound archers yesterday, the recurve women were on the field as of this morning for a long day of qualifications. They shot 4x36 arrows at the distances of 70, 60, 50 and 30 metres. No surprises, KWAK Ye-Ji (KOR) and the rest of the Korean team led the pack.
Recurve Women
KWAK has been with the Korean national team since last year and was the alternate at the last Olympic Games. She took a step forward this year when she won the Antalya World Cup. It was therefore not a surprise to see her on top of the list after the 70 and 60-metre distances. She was 2nd at 70m with 335 points and 1st at 60m with 346. Her intermediate total was 681.
YUN Ok-Hee (KOR) is the woman with the most wins at World Cup stages, including at the last one in Shanghai. Not a surprise either to see her at an intermediate 2nd place with 679 points (334 and 345).
Justyna MOSPINEK (POL) won the World Cup Final in Lausanne last year. Although she has not shot so well this season, she is ready for the world championships so it is not really a surprise—again—that she topped the field on the 70m distance with 336 points. She didn’t do so well at 60m with 335 (11th place) and was provisionally 3rd with 671 points.
JOO Hyun-Jung (KOR) was not far behind with 670. The Porec World Cup winner ZHAO Ling (CHN) had 666, followed closely by Roman AIDA (MEX), 665, and Victoriya KOVAL (UKR), 664. Two more athletes were just behind at 660: Khatuna NARIMANIDZE (GEO) and LIN Hsiao-Ying (TPE).
In the afternoon session, KWAK and YUN were neck-and-neck the whole time. KWAK shot 332 at 50m and 351 at 30m, while YUN shot 333 and 351. Overall KWAK held a 1-point advantage, 1364 to 1363.
JOO was the best at 50m with 335 points. She finished with 352 at 30m to move up to 3rd place with 1357.
MOSPINEK shot 328 and 349 to reach 4th rank on 1348.
ZHAO had 330 and 348 to achieve 1344 for the day, just one point better than LIN. Jennifer NICHOLS (USA) moved up to 7th place in the second part of the day to reach 1339, tied in points with KOVAL and Yulia LOBZHENDIDZE (UKR). Karina WINTER (GER) was 10th with 1335.
Recurve Women Team
With 2030 points, Korea was the only team above 2000 points at the lunch break. China was 2nd with 1973, ahead of Chinese Taipei on 1958. A bit further behind, Ukraine held a few point margin over Colombia and Georgia, with 1946, 1942 and 1941 respectively.
The battle for the last team qualifying spot (16th) was tight between Japan, Great Britain, Spain and a surprisingly troubled Russia. Japan led this pack with 1893 and Russia trailed with 1880.
In the afternoon, Korea continued to cruise ahead and reached 4084 in total, more than 100 points over their first pursuer, China. The Chinese barely held their 2nd place over Chinese Taipei, 3980 to 3979. Ukraine had 3949 and Georgia 3939. Colombia moved down from 5th to 8th, being passed by Germany and France. However, this is again great progress for the Colombians who ranked 16th in qualifications two years ago in Leipzig 2007. In fact, in Leipzig they had to go through a shoot-off at the end of qualifications to be able to shoot the 1st round matches in which they surprised the world by being the best loser and qualifying for Beijing!
Today, the race for 16th place was no less heated than in 2007. India totally dropped off in the afternoon and finished 18th. On the other hand, Russia was 17th after three distances but pulled through at 30m to conclude the day in 15th position. Finally, as in 2007, two teams were tied at 16th rank after 432 arrows!! Mexico and Great Britain (photo). They had to shoot a 3-arrow tie break at 30 metres, the last distance shot. Each of the three archers had one arrow to shoot. In dramatic fashion, they were all on the line at the same time. Mexico scored 10-9-8, while Great Britain shot 10-10. Finally, the very experienced, five times Olympian, Alison WILLIAMSON stayed alone on the line with less than 10 seconds to shoot. She needed only an 8 to qualify her team and an 8 she did! Maybe the best looking 8 of her career!
Didier MIEVILLE FITA Communication
Recurve Women
KWAK has been with the Korean national team since last year and was the alternate at the last Olympic Games. She took a step forward this year when she won the Antalya World Cup. It was therefore not a surprise to see her on top of the list after the 70 and 60-metre distances. She was 2nd at 70m with 335 points and 1st at 60m with 346. Her intermediate total was 681.YUN Ok-Hee (KOR) is the woman with the most wins at World Cup stages, including at the last one in Shanghai. Not a surprise either to see her at an intermediate 2nd place with 679 points (334 and 345).
Justyna MOSPINEK (POL) won the World Cup Final in Lausanne last year. Although she has not shot so well this season, she is ready for the world championships so it is not really a surprise—again—that she topped the field on the 70m distance with 336 points. She didn’t do so well at 60m with 335 (11th place) and was provisionally 3rd with 671 points.
JOO Hyun-Jung (KOR) was not far behind with 670. The Porec World Cup winner ZHAO Ling (CHN) had 666, followed closely by Roman AIDA (MEX), 665, and Victoriya KOVAL (UKR), 664. Two more athletes were just behind at 660: Khatuna NARIMANIDZE (GEO) and LIN Hsiao-Ying (TPE).
In the afternoon session, KWAK and YUN were neck-and-neck the whole time. KWAK shot 332 at 50m and 351 at 30m, while YUN shot 333 and 351. Overall KWAK held a 1-point advantage, 1364 to 1363.
JOO was the best at 50m with 335 points. She finished with 352 at 30m to move up to 3rd place with 1357.
MOSPINEK shot 328 and 349 to reach 4th rank on 1348.
ZHAO had 330 and 348 to achieve 1344 for the day, just one point better than LIN. Jennifer NICHOLS (USA) moved up to 7th place in the second part of the day to reach 1339, tied in points with KOVAL and Yulia LOBZHENDIDZE (UKR). Karina WINTER (GER) was 10th with 1335.
Recurve Women Team
With 2030 points, Korea was the only team above 2000 points at the lunch break. China was 2nd with 1973, ahead of Chinese Taipei on 1958. A bit further behind, Ukraine held a few point margin over Colombia and Georgia, with 1946, 1942 and 1941 respectively.The battle for the last team qualifying spot (16th) was tight between Japan, Great Britain, Spain and a surprisingly troubled Russia. Japan led this pack with 1893 and Russia trailed with 1880.
In the afternoon, Korea continued to cruise ahead and reached 4084 in total, more than 100 points over their first pursuer, China. The Chinese barely held their 2nd place over Chinese Taipei, 3980 to 3979. Ukraine had 3949 and Georgia 3939. Colombia moved down from 5th to 8th, being passed by Germany and France. However, this is again great progress for the Colombians who ranked 16th in qualifications two years ago in Leipzig 2007. In fact, in Leipzig they had to go through a shoot-off at the end of qualifications to be able to shoot the 1st round matches in which they surprised the world by being the best loser and qualifying for Beijing!
Today, the race for 16th place was no less heated than in 2007. India totally dropped off in the afternoon and finished 18th. On the other hand, Russia was 17th after three distances but pulled through at 30m to conclude the day in 15th position. Finally, as in 2007, two teams were tied at 16th rank after 432 arrows!! Mexico and Great Britain (photo). They had to shoot a 3-arrow tie break at 30 metres, the last distance shot. Each of the three archers had one arrow to shoot. In dramatic fashion, they were all on the line at the same time. Mexico scored 10-9-8, while Great Britain shot 10-10. Finally, the very experienced, five times Olympian, Alison WILLIAMSON stayed alone on the line with less than 10 seconds to shoot. She needed only an 8 to qualify her team and an 8 she did! Maybe the best looking 8 of her career!
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