26 July 2007 - Three Russians lead the World Ranking after Leipzig

Three Russians lead the World Ranking after Leipzig Lausanne – 26 July 2007   Russia shows the highest toll of number-one places in the world ranking on the lists published on July 24. Natalya Erdyniyeva, Anna Kazantseva, Baljinima Tsyrempilov and the women’s compound team are the leaders after the results of the World Championships were included.   Three tournaments held in 2006 lost half of their points as they became one year old: the European Grand Prix held in Sassari, Italy, the Central American and Caribbean Games held in Colombia, and the Asian Grand Prix hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.   Three tournaments held in 2005 lost all of their ranking points as they turned two years old: the World Championships in Madrid, the European Grand Prix held in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the Batalla de Carabobo International Shoot organized in Venezuela.   Choi Eun Young, Lee Tuk Young and Park Sung Hyun (KOR)    Women Recurve Individual The three medallists at the World Championships are now in the lead of the world ranking, but their order is inverted. Bronze medal winner Natalya Erdyniyeva added a few more points to her outstanding performances in the world cup circuit and moved to first place, seven points higher that Korean superstar Park Sung Hyun.   Natalia Valeeva is back in the top three after a long absence, as a result of her victory in Leipzig, and proving she is still in great shape.   The previous number one ranked archer, Yun Ok Hee (KOR), who did not shoot in Leipzig, is now in fourth place on a list in which there are five Koreans in the top ten. Nichols (USA) jumped onto the front page after her 4th place in Germany.   Women Recurve Teams The Korean team is unbeatable here. They have the highest ranking score ever achieved by a team since we have been using the present system to calculate the world ranking: 350.00 points. China follows as closely as they can get with 269.10. The British team, very successful at the 2006 European Championships and in Leipzig two weeks ago, moved from fourth to third place. Poland, Italy and Chinese Taipei also show ranking scores higher than 200 points.   Men Recurve Individual Baljinima Tsyrempilov’s silver medal at the World Championships strengthened his leadership in the World Ranking, now followed by Korea’s World Champion Im Dong Hyun. These two archers are expected to remain up in the top for a few months, as they hold an overwhelming advantage over their closest companions on the list.   Frangilli, Kuo Cheng Wei and Park Kyung Mo follow the leaders from a far distance.   Two British archers made the most dramatic movement uphill. Bronze medal match finalists in Germany Alan Wills and Simon Terry climbed up to positions 14 and 24, their previous ranking being 60th and 64th respectively.   Men Recurve Team Korea increased their ranking score in Leipzig to enlarge their gap over the second ranked British team. The Italians dropped one place as they were out of the semi-finals in Germany. Chinese Taipei’s outstanding performance at the World Championships moved them from 10th to 5th place on the list.   Women Compound Individual Russia’s Anna Kazantseva and Sofia Goncharova held a very solid advantage over their closer opponents in the list published before Leipzig. The medal winners at the World Championships were not in the top ten on the list, which allowed the Russian duo to remain up in the top despite their unsuccessful results in Germany.   Important changes did occur in the rest of the front page, including World Champion Eugenia Salvi’s leap from 25th to 5th position, France’s Amandine Bouillot’s move to 7th, and the 56 positions climbed by World Silver Medallist Albina Loginova (RUS), who ranks 12th now. Van Natta, Ericsson and Willems remain firmly anchored among the top 8.    Women Compound Team The World Championships silver medal gave the Italians enough points to almost pull the Russians down, but the team led by Kazantseva and Goncharova were way up in the top as a result of excellent results in previous World Cup events.   The Bambinas moved from 4th to second, just a couple of points away from the first place. The surprising Belgian team, gold medallists in Germany, achieved the biggest improvement, jumping from 26th place to 5th. The American team kept their third position, while the French ladies dropped two places.      Dietmar Trillus (CAN)Men Compound Individual US Braden Gellenthien moved up one place as a result of his silver medal at the World Championships, and he holds a seventeen point lead over Jorge Jimenez (ESA). In spite of his low placing in Leipzig, Jimenez was able to keep a high position in the ranking due to his successful performance in the World Cup this year.   European Champion and Gold Medallist in Antalya, Sebastien Brasseur (FRA) kept his third position on the list. The new world champion, Canada’s Dietmar Trillus climbed very high to rank tenth now. He added his 100 points from Leipzig to a previous 18.00 point ranking score achieved at the US Open Championships in 2006.   Martin Damsbo, the Danish who won the bronze medal in Germany, jumped from 27th to 9th.   Men Compound Teams The United States replaced France at the top of the World Ranking List. The Americans’ victory in Leipzig allowed them to reach a ranking score of 287.50, almost 27 points higher than the French team. A larger gap separates the latter from the third place holders: the Islamic Republic of Iran.   Two teams made important moves on the list: the Silver and Bronze medallists in Germany: Australia (from 20th to 7th) and Sweden (from 9th to 4th). The Aussies demonstrated they are a very strong squad, and that they are not any higher in the World Ranking because they have not competed much in major events around the world in the last two years.   Next ranking lists The next ranking lists will be published after the World Cup in Dover, and will also include the results of the Pan American Games that are being held this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.   Sergio Font Results Coordinator