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World Ranking Lists Update
Lausanne – 22 September 2009
Olympic champion Viktor RUBAN (UKR) in Ulsan 
The new archery world ranking lists were published on www.worldarchery.org on 16 September 2009. Here is a review of the main changes that have taken place after the world championships in Ulsan, Korea.
Recurve Men - Individual
The Olympic champion Viktor RUBAN (UKR) gathered enough points in Ulsan to remain unbeatable in the world ranking. The previous world champion, Korea’s IM Dong-Hyun kept his 2nd position, while his teammates OH Jin-Hyek and LEE Chang-Hwan jumped to 5th and 6th after their outstanding performance at the world championships. Great Britain’s Simon TERRY slipped down from 3rd to 7th place.
The four recurve men qualified for the 2009 World Cup Final to be held on 26 September in Copenhagen, Denmark, are all ranked in the top 8 of their category: Romain GIROUILLE (FRA/3rd), Jayanta TALUKDAR (IND/4th), Simon TERRY (GBR/7th) and Marco GALIAZZO (ITA/8th). Recurve Women - Individual Korea’s gold and silver medallists in Ulsan JOO Hyun-Jung and KWAK Ye-Ji (KOR) were not able to remove their teammate YUN Ok-Hee from her 1st position on the list. YUN has been very successful this year at the World Cup and owes lots of her ranking points to this outstanding performance. The 2007 world championships finalists Natalia VALEEVA (ITA) and PARK Sung-Hyun (KOR)—the latter was absent in Ulsan—slid down to 5th and 6th positions, after having been placed in much better positions in the last few months.
The recurve women's 2009 World Cup finalists are ranked among the best 7th archers in the world: YUN Ok-Hee (KOR/1st), KWAK Ye-Ji (KOR/2nd), Berengere SCHUH (FRA/4th) and ZHAO Ling (CHN/7th). Compound Men - Individual The success of Sergio PAGNI (ITA) in the World Cup circuit this year has kept him at the top of the list in spite of his 11th place at the world championships. The major improvements in this category come from the three medallists in Korea: USA's Reo WILDE (32nd to 13th), Great Britain's Liam GRIMWOOD (19th to 6th), and New Zealand's Stephen CLIFTON (17th to 7th).
This category sees its top 4 athletes being qualified for this year's World Cup Final: Sergio PAGNI (ITA/1st), Braden GELLENTHIEN (USA/2nd), Jorge JIMENEZ (ESA/3rd) and Patrizio HOFER (SUI/4th)! Compound Women - Individual The Danish archer Camilla SOEMOD added a few more points to her ranking score as a result of her 4th finish in Ulsan, and kept a solid 1st position on the list. The new world champion from Russia Albina LOGINOVA moved up two steps from 4th to 2nd. The 2007 champion Eugenia SALVI (ITA) dropped from 5th to 11th place, while 17-year old Jorina COETZEE (RSA) made an impressive leap from 70th to 12th place as a result of her silver medal in Korea.
The 2009 World Cup finalists in compound women are part of the top 5 in the world: Camilla SOEMOD (DEN/1st), Luzmary GUEDEZ (VEN/3rd), Ivana BUDEN (CRO/4th) and Nicky HUNT (GBR/5th). Recurve Men - Team No major changes occurred in this category. Korea continued to show that they are the best team in the world and increased their advantage over 2nd place holder India. France is now 3rd, while the surprising Japanese team is back in the top ten after their bronze medal in Ulsan. Korea's recurve women team, world champion in Ulsan
Recurve Women - Team
The Korean recurve women’s team shows the highest ranking score of all teams in any category. They have been unbeatable in the last few years and increased their total score in Ulsan. Two other successful teams at the world championships were Japan and Russia. They moved to 5th to 2nd positions respectively. The British team—who barely made it to the 1/8 eliminations in Korea—dropped from 6th to 10th place.
Compound Men - Team
The USA team outdid all of their closest opponents in Ulsan to win the gold medal and climb up to 1st position in the world ranking, displacing former leader Sweden. Russia and El Salvador—the other two teams who medalled in Korea—moved three positions up and now rank 7th and 8th respectively.
Compound Women - Team
The Russian team increased their lead in the compound women’s category with their victory at the world championships. Italy and France—who had been within the top three for a while—descended to 6th and 5th positions respectively, while Mexico, USA and Germany climbed two positions each. Korea’s wonderful performance in Ulsan was very profitable in terms of the world ranking as they moved from 22nd to tenth place.
Sergio FONT
Results Coordinator
The new archery world ranking lists were published on www.worldarchery.org on 16 September 2009. Here is a review of the main changes that have taken place after the world championships in Ulsan, Korea.
Recurve Men - Individual
The Olympic champion Viktor RUBAN (UKR) gathered enough points in Ulsan to remain unbeatable in the world ranking. The previous world champion, Korea’s IM Dong-Hyun kept his 2nd position, while his teammates OH Jin-Hyek and LEE Chang-Hwan jumped to 5th and 6th after their outstanding performance at the world championships. Great Britain’s Simon TERRY slipped down from 3rd to 7th place. The four recurve men qualified for the 2009 World Cup Final to be held on 26 September in Copenhagen, Denmark, are all ranked in the top 8 of their category: Romain GIROUILLE (FRA/3rd), Jayanta TALUKDAR (IND/4th), Simon TERRY (GBR/7th) and Marco GALIAZZO (ITA/8th). Recurve Women - Individual Korea’s gold and silver medallists in Ulsan JOO Hyun-Jung and KWAK Ye-Ji (KOR) were not able to remove their teammate YUN Ok-Hee from her 1st position on the list. YUN has been very successful this year at the World Cup and owes lots of her ranking points to this outstanding performance. The 2007 world championships finalists Natalia VALEEVA (ITA) and PARK Sung-Hyun (KOR)—the latter was absent in Ulsan—slid down to 5th and 6th positions, after having been placed in much better positions in the last few months.
The recurve women's 2009 World Cup finalists are ranked among the best 7th archers in the world: YUN Ok-Hee (KOR/1st), KWAK Ye-Ji (KOR/2nd), Berengere SCHUH (FRA/4th) and ZHAO Ling (CHN/7th). Compound Men - Individual The success of Sergio PAGNI (ITA) in the World Cup circuit this year has kept him at the top of the list in spite of his 11th place at the world championships. The major improvements in this category come from the three medallists in Korea: USA's Reo WILDE (32nd to 13th), Great Britain's Liam GRIMWOOD (19th to 6th), and New Zealand's Stephen CLIFTON (17th to 7th).
This category sees its top 4 athletes being qualified for this year's World Cup Final: Sergio PAGNI (ITA/1st), Braden GELLENTHIEN (USA/2nd), Jorge JIMENEZ (ESA/3rd) and Patrizio HOFER (SUI/4th)! Compound Women - Individual The Danish archer Camilla SOEMOD added a few more points to her ranking score as a result of her 4th finish in Ulsan, and kept a solid 1st position on the list. The new world champion from Russia Albina LOGINOVA moved up two steps from 4th to 2nd. The 2007 champion Eugenia SALVI (ITA) dropped from 5th to 11th place, while 17-year old Jorina COETZEE (RSA) made an impressive leap from 70th to 12th place as a result of her silver medal in Korea.
The 2009 World Cup finalists in compound women are part of the top 5 in the world: Camilla SOEMOD (DEN/1st), Luzmary GUEDEZ (VEN/3rd), Ivana BUDEN (CRO/4th) and Nicky HUNT (GBR/5th). Recurve Men - Team No major changes occurred in this category. Korea continued to show that they are the best team in the world and increased their advantage over 2nd place holder India. France is now 3rd, while the surprising Japanese team is back in the top ten after their bronze medal in Ulsan. Korea's recurve women team, world champion in Ulsan
Recurve Women - Team
The Korean recurve women’s team shows the highest ranking score of all teams in any category. They have been unbeatable in the last few years and increased their total score in Ulsan. Two other successful teams at the world championships were Japan and Russia. They moved to 5th to 2nd positions respectively. The British team—who barely made it to the 1/8 eliminations in Korea—dropped from 6th to 10th place.
Compound Men - Team
The USA team outdid all of their closest opponents in Ulsan to win the gold medal and climb up to 1st position in the world ranking, displacing former leader Sweden. Russia and El Salvador—the other two teams who medalled in Korea—moved three positions up and now rank 7th and 8th respectively.
Compound Women - Team
The Russian team increased their lead in the compound women’s category with their victory at the world championships. Italy and France—who had been within the top three for a while—descended to 6th and 5th positions respectively, while Mexico, USA and Germany climbed two positions each. Korea’s wonderful performance in Ulsan was very profitable in terms of the world ranking as they moved from 22nd to tenth place.
Sergio FONT
Results Coordinator
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