Compound Round introduced at Antalya World Cup

The Compound Round means that:   Ø The compound athletes will shoot 72 arrows in qualifications at 50 metres. Ø In the matches, the athletes will shoot at 50 metres at a Hit/Miss target face. The hit zone is only 10cm wide. The individual athletes will shoot sets of three arrows. The archer with the most hits wins the set. Each set is worth two points (if the set is tied, each archer gets one point). The athlete with the most set points wins the match. Ø In team matches, the three archers will shoot one arrow per set each. Ø In mixed team matches, the sets have four arrows. Each archer shoots two arrows.   The recurve athletes will shoot at the traditional target face at 70 metres like in Porec. They will shot sets of three arrows during individual matches. They will shoot the traditional 24 or 16 arrows for respectively team matches and mixed team matches. For more details on these new competition formats, please consult our Frequently Asked Question section.   Let’s see now the favourites who come to Antalya. Brady ELLISON (USA) shoots with a pink bow     and campaigns for a cure of breast cancer    Recurve Men The fans will see if the results of Antalya confirm the new hierarchy established in Porec, which was the first World Cup stage with sets. Fifteen of the top 16 archers in Porec are announced in Antalya. Listed from the ranking order: Brady ELLISON and Victor WUNDERLE (USA), the silver medallist at the 2009 World Cup Final Simon TERRY (GBR), Jean Charles VALLADONT (FRA), Baljinima and Biligto TSYREMPILOV (RUS), Franck FISSEUX (FRA), Chu Sian CHENG (MAS), Luis Eduardo VELEZ SANCHEZ (MEX), Anton PRILEPAU (BLR), the 2004 Olympic champion and 2009 winner of the World Cup Final Marco GALIAZZO (ITA), the recent European Championships bronze medallist Makiyan IVASHKO (UKR), and the terrific trio from India Rahul BANERJEE, Tarundeep RAI and Mangal Singh CHAMPIA. One shall also notice the presence of the European gold and silver medallists, Romain GIROUILLE (FRA) and Michele FRANGILLI (ITA), and the return of the 2004 Olympic bronze winner Tim CUDDIHY (AUS).   Recurve Women The best hope for the Turkish hosts lays in this category with the recent bronze medallist at the European Championships two weeks ago in Rovereto, Begunhan Elif UNSAL. The other favourites include the usual Natalia VALEEVA (ITA), Berengere SCHUH (FRA), Justyna MOSPINEK (POL), Victoriya KOVAL (UKR), Dola BANERJEE (IND), Nami HAYAKAWA (JPN) and the 2009 world bronze medallist Natalia SANCHEZ (COL). One will watch if some athletes show confirmation of recent good results, such as Inna STEPANOVA (RUS), Elena KUZNETSOVA (BLR), Guo FAPING (CHN), Mariana AVITIA (MEX) and Rimil BURUILY (IND). Vanessa LEE (CAN) will also compete in Antalya. She won the Olympic contest last year on You Tube with her video on the subject: “What do you think the future of the Olympic Games will be”. She was invited to the Olympic Congress in Copenhagen.   Compound Men The man with four World Cup victories—one silver in Porec and one silver in Rovereto—will be there, Sergio PAGNI (ITA)! The European bronze medallist and FITA Round world record holder as well, Peter ELZINGA (NED)! As usual, a bunch of very talented archers take the trip to Antalya from the four corners of the world, including Patrick COGHLAN (AUS), Martin DAMSBO (DEN), Braden GELLENTHIEN (USA), Stephen CLIFTON (NZL), Jose DUO (ESP), Dietmar TRILLUS (CAN), Patrizio HOFER (SUI), Vladas SIGAUSKAS (LTU) and Dominique GENET (FRA), winner in Antalya last year. How will they adapt to the Compound Round?  Compound Women By winning the European championships, Viktoria BALZHANOVA (RUS) gave one more confirmation that Russia and the USA dominate this category with the likes of world champion Albina LOGINOVA (RUS), Jamie VAN NATTA and Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA). The rest of the world wants nevertheless to break the hegemony notably the athletes who climbed on the podium in Porec Ashley WALLACE (CAN), Nicky HUNT (GBR) and Sandrine VANDIONANT (FRA). The fans also count with Camilla SOEMOD (DEN), Ivana BUDEN (CRO), Eugenia SALVI (ITA), Irina MARKOVIC (NED), Olga BOSCH and Luzmary GUEDEZ (VEN).   The event will take place from 7-11 June with the finals live on Turkish television on 10-11 June. Stay tuned on www.worldarchery.org for our complete coverage!   Didier MIEVILLE World Archery Communication