Meet the new Youth World Champion Teams!

The Compound Cadet Women took the field early in the morning and the Recurve Junior Men ended a great day of archery in the afternoon. Please read below a transcript of our live commentaries for each match.   Recurve Junior Men Gold Medal: Australia - Ukraine This final ended an exciting day of archery on a high note! Australia had Ryan TYACK, the 2006 Individual Cadet World Champion, while Ukraine had Taras SENYUCK, the 2007 Individual and Team Junior Indoor World Champion. Nevertheless, it was two teams coming together that created an intense match. Australia had the better start, leading 104-101. Ukraine tied it at 128-128 and then took the lead 156-155. In the last end, Australia put the pressure on with 8-9-10-10-9-9. The pressure was too much for Ukraine who had three 7s in their last six arrows. With a score of 210-207, Australia is the new Recurve Junior Men Team Champion!   Bronze Medal: Italy – Germany A quick recap: during the team final matches each team, consisting of three archers, shoots 4 ends of 6 arrows in two minutes. They actually alternate after three arrows and each team member must alternate for each arrow. Juniors shoot at 70 meters. With two competitors qualified in the individual finals tomorrow, Italy was the true favorite of this match. They proved it with 17 out of their first 18 arrows in the gold (9 or 10 points). The only arrow out was a 5 but they followed it with 10-10-10. That gave them a commanding lead in the match 108-104, 164-158 and they went on to win the bronze medal 216-207.   Recurve Junior Women Gold Medal: India – P.R. China These two new archery powerhouses met in the final of the Youth Archery World Championships. These hopeful athletes, who may win Olympic medals in the future, had the chance to experience an elite set-up: passionate fans in the stands and live television coverage. It may have been a bit too much for the young Indian team who could not deliver the performances they had done in the previous rounds. In contrast, China stayed solid and reached their usual score to clinch the gold medal, 208-190.   Bronze Medal: Denmark – Poland The archers had to adapt to some wind gusts, although it was not really strong. Denmark took out the no. 1 seed Russia in the quarter-finals and tried to complete their medal dream. The match was tight, Poland had a very small lead 100-99 and later on 126-125. The Danes lost their chance for a medal with the last arrow of the third end when they scored a 3. The Polish capitalized on the opportunity by taking the lead 154-144 and eventually won the match 204-199!  Compound Junior Men Gold Medal: USA – Russia This time it chants were “Come on USA” and the “Rossia, Rossia” that came roaring from the stands. Russia seemed to win the cheering battle in the stands and it surely lifted their team to a great match. After a tied first end at 55-55, the Russians took the lead 107-104 after twelve arrows. They were very determined to win, not giving the Americans any chances. They increased the lead to 163-156 and clinched gold 219-211! USA won the two previous finals but Russia succeeded in this one, shooting on target 2!   Bronze Medal: Australia – Italy In the stands the fans were rivalizing with “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie” or “ITA, ITA, ITA” with the traditional “Hoy, Hoy, Hoy”! On the field, the Aussies dominated the “Spirited” Italians. Australia took the lead 113-109 and never let go. The score evolved 142-137, 169-164 and finally 225-219. Brendan WALLACE (AUS) had a 78-point game. It was also the 10th victory for the team shooting on target 1 out of 11 matches. The wind was not much of an issue in this match.   Compound Junior Women Gold Medal: USA – Russia The USA is the powerhouse with two women who will compete in the gold individual final tomorrow. Nevertheless it’s Russia who jumped out to the best start, leading 28-27, 56-55 and 84-83. The USA team turned it around to take the lead 111-110, 167-166 and 195-193. It was a pretty tense match and the drama even increased when Russia finished with 10-10-10 to reach 223 points. It came down to the last arrow. Kendal NICELY had to shoot another 10 (she had just shot two of them in a very good individual performance) to win gold. She came through and USA won 224-223!  Bronze Medal: Canada – Italy What an exciting match to start the afternoon session. Italy got the best start but Canada came back quickly to take the lead 55-53, 109-106 and 137-133. The Italians rallied at 163-162 and 192-190. Despite an unplanned change of rotation in the last end, the Italians put the pressure on with 10-9-9-10-9-9. However, the Canadians replied with 9-10-10-10-9-10 to clinch bronze 221-218!   Recurve Cadet Men Gold Medal: Korea – Italy Somehow, this match is none other than a rematch from the Olympic Men Recurve final in Beijing! In Kundu-Antalya, Korea actually qualified all three of their archers for the individual finals tomorrow. So once again, the Koreans are the favourites, but once again the Italians will give them a great competition. Italy started strong with 58 points, while Korea had some trouble settling down and only scored 54 points in the first end. The Koreans closed the gap in the first end to a 1-point difference, 111-112. Then they took the lead 139-137, 167-165 and 195-193. Italy tried to put the pressure on in the last end and Lorenzo PIANESI, who calmly and brilliantly anchored the Italian team with a personal total of 78 points, scored another 10 to conclude his match. This put Italy at 221 points. Then Korea scored a 10 and only a 7. They were trailing by nine points with one arrow to shoot. KIM Jo Wan did not shake as he scored a liner 10 with his final arrow to clinch gold for Korea 222-221!   Bronze Medal: Chinese Taipei – Czech Republic The cadets shoot at 60 meters but this still have to deal with the wind, especially because the cadets are usually not as powerful. Fortunately, there was very little wind the whole morning and even less during this match. The Czech Republic created a 5-point advantage after the first end, 105-110. However, Chinese Taipei slowly got back: 133-135, 158-160 and 184-185. Chinese Taipei then finished strong with 9-10-9. It was too much pressure for the Czechs, seeded only no. 15. They could only manage 10-7-8 with their final arrows. Chinese Taipei won the bronze 212-210!   Recurve Cadet Women Gold Medal: Korea – GermanyMany times the Korean team puts pressure on their opponents at the beginning of a match and then usually holds on to the lead to win. This creates a lot of pressure for the opponents to have to comeback and most tend to dig their own grave. That was unfortunately true this time. Korea took the lead 27-21 after three arrows and kept a six or more point gap throughout the match. At the end, Korea won 215-208.   Bronze Medal: Chinese Taipei – Ukraine Chinese Taipei started really well with their first 9 arrows in the gold (9 or 10 points) and built a comfortable lead 83-76. However, they scored only 8-7-8 to finish the second end, which allowed Ukraine to come back within two points (106-104). However, Lidiia SICHENIKOVA (UKR), who qualified brilliantly for the bronze individual final tomorrow, did not have a good performance today. Ukraine struggled, at the end of the match and Chinese Taipei led 132-129, 159-155, 185-180 and finished 209-205.   Compound Cadet Men Gold Medal: USA – Mexico The USA set a new World Record during the quarter-final at 233 yesterday and actually did it again in the semi-final. The wind seemed to pick up a bit at the beginning of the match but that did not disturb the Americans. They started with 30 and 29 points to take the lead 59-55. Mexico was struggling with the clock, and twice had to shoot the last arrow of an end with one second left on the clock. The USA carried their 4-point lead through to 144-140 and then increased it at 173-167. The Mexicans tried to apply pressure scoring three 10s but the Americans responded with 10-10-10! At the end, Connor KELLY and Joey HUNT III scored both an impressive 78 points in the match (out of a possible 80 per archer), and the USA again tied their World Record to clinch the gold 233-225!   Bronze Medal: Great Britain – Canada During the team final matches each team, consisting of three archers, shoots 4 ends of 6 arrows in two minutes. They actually alternate after three arrows and each team member must alternate for each arrow. In this bronze medal match, the Canadians seemed a bit nervous, while Great Britain was lift by brilliant performances of Phillip GOWER and Lewis HUMPRIES. The British started strong, taking the early lead 86-80. The Canadians cut into their lead during the next ends but could never come closer than three points (140-137). At the end the British clinched the bronze 226-221.   Compound Cadet Women Gold Medal: USA – Russia This final match featured the first of what is likely to be many matches between USA and Russia. The Russian team set a new team World Record yesterday (at 229 points), but the Americans come is with the no.1 seed. The Americans started very strong with a perfect 30 and took a 57-54 lead. They kept the same lead 114-111 after twelve arrows, and then increased it throughout the rest of their match: 143-138, 172-167, 199-193 which concluded at 227-220. Victory for USA and Kailey JONHSTON (USA) and Ekaterina KOROBEYNIKOVA (RUS), who both anchored their team today, will get a rematch in the individual gold medal match tomorrow.   Bronze Medal: India – Australia The Indian team appeared to be slightly distracted and possibly nervous by the set-up of these finals with full stands, giant screen, a set-up usually used at the elite World Cup, as they lost time their first end by not getting to the line in time. As a result, the last shooter of the first end had little time to shoot. The crowd was counting down 5,4,3,2 and Harsha BHARDWAJ shot a decent 8 considering the circumstances. The score was tied at 55-55 and stayed close after twelve arrows, 107-109. Then, the Australians turned up the heat and scored 9-10-10 which gave them a lead 138-131. They did not let up the rest of the match and won 220-210! The fans shouted, "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie"!   Denise Parker / Didier Miéville FITA Communication