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Compound Women
Jamie van Natta (USA) 1. I was training more intensively before I came here. 2. You can be happy when you make it to a World Championships at all and especially to the top 16. So my expectations were more about to reach my personal best than a certain place. 3. I’m pleased to be here, but also disappointed now that I have just been eliminated. I tried to watch the wind, but I had some troubles during the 3rd and 8th arrow. Anyway, I came close to 1400 during the qualifications. I really made some good shots. Erika Anschutz (USA) 1. The training got more intense as the World Championships got closer. I put all my concentration on the tournaments. 2. Of course, I hoped for the best possible place for myself. Now I’m hoping for the team gold after all. 3. It could be better and it could be worse. I had one bad shot. There were some highs and lows because of the wind. Camilla Soemod (DEN) 1. It was my worst preparation ever. I didn’t do anything extra. In contrary, I even trained less than usually. 2. I didn’t have special expectations. I just hoped to win. 3. I’m quite happy after all. I was shooting well. The field is great, but the wind was disturbing me sometimes. Jung Hee Seo (KOR) 1. My training comprised one and a half year in total. Before I came here, I joined a one-week training camp. 2. I hoped to become the champion, of course! 3. I’m very glad to be in the competition and winning the qualifications just makes me feel really happy. While I was shooting I got more and more confident so that I could improve even more. Joanna Chesse (FRA) 1. We have already had three competitions in France before coming here to these World Championships. Our training consisted of two hours per day. 2. I wanted to shoot as good as possible. Now I hope to win a medal in the team matches. 3. I’m satisfied as I even got one point above my last record. Andrea Weihe (GER) 1. We had our training three to four times a week as usually. 2. I hoped to reach the result I expected. In the preliminary round I almost reached my former best performance. This was enough to get further. 3. I’m glad and disappointed at the same time. I came quite far, but after all I was eliminated. The twelve arrows in the final round are really tough. Melanie Mikala (GER) 1. My training consisted of two to three hours per week only. Before I came to Leipzig I had one week off from training so that I could gain new energy. 2. At the beginning I wanted to reach the finals, but later on I started to focus on getting as far as possible. 3. I’m proud that I’m among the best who have had the chance to come here. Now I’m curious what the team matches will bring. Magali Weisgerber (LUX) 1. I’ve been training almost every day for about one year. 2. My main goal was to achieve good results. Now I have to see how it’ll go on. 3. I’m extremely happy that I’m among the top 16. Sakineh Ghasempour (IRI) 1. We have been taking part in a great deal of competitions in the last two years. Thus I was always at training. I joined the training camp one week before I came to Leipzig. 2. Actually, I only wanted to gain experience for other tournaments later on. 3. I’m quite happy, even though I didn’t as good as in Italy. Compound Men Robert Timms (AUS) 1. During the last three months I was training three times a week for two to three hours per day. 2. I was really hoping to make it among the top 20. 3. I’m happy with my results. Especially the third match was very challenging because of the wind. After all I made some very good shots. Sébastian Brasseur (FRA) 1. I was training every day, of course. Moreover, I joined a few tournaments in France. 2. I didn’t have any expectations at all. I just came here for pleasure. 3. It went quite alright for me. It was hard at the beginning, but my confidence grew as I was shooting. Paul Titscher (GER) 1. At the beginning of the year I concentrated more on the technical side during my training. As soon as the weather got better I started to train outside. I was training three to four times a week and two hours per day. 2. My expectations weren’t too high. I only hoped to make it among the top 20. 3. I’m quite happy, even though it could have been better after all. The weather was alright. Luckily, there wasn’t too much wind. Also the organization of these World Championships is really good. Anja Zimmermann FITA Communication More impressions from the archers… Almendra and Linda Ochoa (MEX) Almendra and Linda Ochoa are two Mexican archers who have archery in their family roosts. Their father being a hunting archer has inspired them to practice Compound Archery for eight years ago. Both sisters have participated in FITA World Cup stages with excellent results and this is the third time they attend a World Championship. They practice Archery in their free time. Almendra is a graduate in Communications and she also spends some time training in the junior archery team. Linda is for her part currently studying Hotel Management. This year they did not expect to attend the World Championships, but a last minute call from their Federation made them come to Leipzig. Their results so far in the World Championship are: Linda 30th and Almendra 25th in the individual competition. Patrizio Hofer (SUI) We had the opportunity to speak today with this well-known Swiss archer, who made his way in the eliminations rounds to 10th place. Patrizio said that today he felt better than during the qualification round. Overall his results and scores were very good. In his view the World Championship have a great atmosphere and has brought together high quality archers which make it a real challenge for the contenders. Fred Van Zutphen (NED) Fred Van Zutphen from the Netherlands made his way to 13th place today in the eliminations. Fred feels very happy with his overall performance. He commented that he felt he was improving throughout the competition and that he was very satisfied with his results here so far. He was also very pleased with the organization of the World Championships and with the high quality of the competitors. Jose Duo (ESP) Jose Duo from Spain made his way to the quarter-finals today with excellent scores. Talking about the competition, Jose commented that he is very satisfied with the high quality archers and the overall organization of the event. José said that he expected these results and that he is looking forward to the forthcoming challenge of his quarter-final. Mayi Cruz Blanco FITA Communication
Jamie van Natta (USA) 1. I was training more intensively before I came here. 2. You can be happy when you make it to a World Championships at all and especially to the top 16. So my expectations were more about to reach my personal best than a certain place. 3. I’m pleased to be here, but also disappointed now that I have just been eliminated. I tried to watch the wind, but I had some troubles during the 3rd and 8th arrow. Anyway, I came close to 1400 during the qualifications. I really made some good shots. Erika Anschutz (USA) 1. The training got more intense as the World Championships got closer. I put all my concentration on the tournaments. 2. Of course, I hoped for the best possible place for myself. Now I’m hoping for the team gold after all. 3. It could be better and it could be worse. I had one bad shot. There were some highs and lows because of the wind. Camilla Soemod (DEN) 1. It was my worst preparation ever. I didn’t do anything extra. In contrary, I even trained less than usually. 2. I didn’t have special expectations. I just hoped to win. 3. I’m quite happy after all. I was shooting well. The field is great, but the wind was disturbing me sometimes. Jung Hee Seo (KOR) 1. My training comprised one and a half year in total. Before I came here, I joined a one-week training camp. 2. I hoped to become the champion, of course! 3. I’m very glad to be in the competition and winning the qualifications just makes me feel really happy. While I was shooting I got more and more confident so that I could improve even more. Joanna Chesse (FRA) 1. We have already had three competitions in France before coming here to these World Championships. Our training consisted of two hours per day. 2. I wanted to shoot as good as possible. Now I hope to win a medal in the team matches. 3. I’m satisfied as I even got one point above my last record. Andrea Weihe (GER) 1. We had our training three to four times a week as usually. 2. I hoped to reach the result I expected. In the preliminary round I almost reached my former best performance. This was enough to get further. 3. I’m glad and disappointed at the same time. I came quite far, but after all I was eliminated. The twelve arrows in the final round are really tough. Melanie Mikala (GER) 1. My training consisted of two to three hours per week only. Before I came to Leipzig I had one week off from training so that I could gain new energy. 2. At the beginning I wanted to reach the finals, but later on I started to focus on getting as far as possible. 3. I’m proud that I’m among the best who have had the chance to come here. Now I’m curious what the team matches will bring. Magali Weisgerber (LUX) 1. I’ve been training almost every day for about one year. 2. My main goal was to achieve good results. Now I have to see how it’ll go on. 3. I’m extremely happy that I’m among the top 16. Sakineh Ghasempour (IRI) 1. We have been taking part in a great deal of competitions in the last two years. Thus I was always at training. I joined the training camp one week before I came to Leipzig. 2. Actually, I only wanted to gain experience for other tournaments later on. 3. I’m quite happy, even though I didn’t as good as in Italy. Compound Men Robert Timms (AUS) 1. During the last three months I was training three times a week for two to three hours per day. 2. I was really hoping to make it among the top 20. 3. I’m happy with my results. Especially the third match was very challenging because of the wind. After all I made some very good shots. Sébastian Brasseur (FRA) 1. I was training every day, of course. Moreover, I joined a few tournaments in France. 2. I didn’t have any expectations at all. I just came here for pleasure. 3. It went quite alright for me. It was hard at the beginning, but my confidence grew as I was shooting. Paul Titscher (GER) 1. At the beginning of the year I concentrated more on the technical side during my training. As soon as the weather got better I started to train outside. I was training three to four times a week and two hours per day. 2. My expectations weren’t too high. I only hoped to make it among the top 20. 3. I’m quite happy, even though it could have been better after all. The weather was alright. Luckily, there wasn’t too much wind. Also the organization of these World Championships is really good. Anja Zimmermann FITA Communication More impressions from the archers… Almendra and Linda Ochoa (MEX) Almendra and Linda Ochoa are two Mexican archers who have archery in their family roosts. Their father being a hunting archer has inspired them to practice Compound Archery for eight years ago. Both sisters have participated in FITA World Cup stages with excellent results and this is the third time they attend a World Championship. They practice Archery in their free time. Almendra is a graduate in Communications and she also spends some time training in the junior archery team. Linda is for her part currently studying Hotel Management. This year they did not expect to attend the World Championships, but a last minute call from their Federation made them come to Leipzig. Their results so far in the World Championship are: Linda 30th and Almendra 25th in the individual competition. Patrizio Hofer (SUI) We had the opportunity to speak today with this well-known Swiss archer, who made his way in the eliminations rounds to 10th place. Patrizio said that today he felt better than during the qualification round. Overall his results and scores were very good. In his view the World Championship have a great atmosphere and has brought together high quality archers which make it a real challenge for the contenders. Fred Van Zutphen (NED) Fred Van Zutphen from the Netherlands made his way to 13th place today in the eliminations. Fred feels very happy with his overall performance. He commented that he felt he was improving throughout the competition and that he was very satisfied with his results here so far. He was also very pleased with the organization of the World Championships and with the high quality of the competitors. Jose Duo (ESP) Jose Duo from Spain made his way to the quarter-finals today with excellent scores. Talking about the competition, Jose commented that he is very satisfied with the high quality archers and the overall organization of the event. José said that he expected these results and that he is looking forward to the forthcoming challenge of his quarter-final. Mayi Cruz Blanco FITA Communication
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