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Day 6 News:
U.S. Compound men’s team win gold, compound women win silver at 43rd World Target Championships
by Mary Beth Vorwerk – USA Archery
MADRID, Spain (June 26, 2005) – The 2005 Archery World Target Championships came to a close today with the U.S. compound team enjoying a successful day winning a gold and silver medal in the team round event.
The number one seeded men’s compound team of Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine) Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass.) and Dee Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho), defended their 2003 World Target Championship team title, along with Kevin Polish (Carmichaels, Pa.) and defeated Norway easily in the gold medal match today by a score of 251-226. Australia beat Denmark 246-245 to win the bronze.
Reigning World Target Champion Mary Zorn (College Station, Texas), sixteen-year-old Erika Anschutz (Grand Island, Neb.), Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio) and Christie Colin, the number two seeded women’s compound team won the silver medal after losing a close finals match to France by a score of 250-246. Denmark defeated Belgium 242-238 to take the bronze.
The U.S. men’s recurve team of four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn), two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.), Joe McGlyn (Floral Park, N.Y.) and Guy Krueger (Blessing, Texas) finished team round competition in seventh place. Korea won the gold in the team event and also won the individual gold and silver medals in the men’s recurve category. Poland beat Ukraine 244-232 to claim the team bronze.
The women’s recurve team of 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.), Khatuna Lorig (Bloomfield, N.J), Ashley Kamuf (New Albany, Ind.) and three-time Olympian Janet Dykman (El Monte, Calif.) finished the team round in 12th place. Korea also took gold in the team event in the women’s recurve category, as well as the gold, silver and bronze medals in individual competition. Russia defeated India by a match score of 236-234 to win the team bronze.
Day 5 News:
International Archery Federation (FITA) – Media Release
Korea, Sweden, Russia crown world champions
MADRID, Spain (Saturday, June 25) – Korea swept the recurve titles and Sweden and Russia enjoyed compound wins on the finals day of the individual events of the 43rd World Outdoor Target Archery Championships in Madrid.
For Chung Jae Hun, his victory in the men’s recurve final marked a happy return to Spain for the 30-year-old from Seoul. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Chung won the individual silver medal.
Here, he went one better, defeating the gallant Ryuichi Moriya, 20, of Japan 102-101 in the 12- arrow final. Chung needed to score in the gold on his final arrow to secure the title. He did so, firing a nine to end Japan’s chances of scoring its first world target gold medal.
In the bronze medal final, Choi Won Jong (KOR) defeated Tarundeep Rai (IND) 112-106. In the recurve women’s, the all-Korean final matched Lee Sung Jin, 20, the Athens Olympic team gold medallist and individual silver medallist, against 15-year-old schoolgirl Lee Tuk Young.
In a quality match, experience told for Lee Sung Jin, beating her young team-mate 111-109. Lee’s win means Korea has three women currently competing in Madrid who have won the individual world title, the others being Yun Mi Jin, the 2003 world champ, and Park Sung Hyun, the 2001 world champ and reigning Olympic gold medallist.
In the bronze medal final, Park defeated another former world champion, Natalia Valeeva (ITA) 113-104.
The most exciting final of the day was the men’s compound final. Morgan Lundin (SWE) and Morten Boe (NOR) were tied on 117-117 after their regulation 12 arrows.
Judges deliberated for more than five minutes to ensure the final end’s arrows were correctly scored before determining a tie-breaker would be needed. Boe, who has been brilliant all week, shot first, scoring a nine. Lundin stepped up to the line and coolly scored a 10, jumping into the arms of his coach after the score was confirmed.
The bronze medal was won by 2001 world champion Dejan Sitar (SLO), who defeated Armando De La Garza (MEX) 117-112.
The women’s compound was a triumph for Russia as Sofya Goncharova beat Mexican teenager Arminda Bastos 112-109.
Goncharova was joined on the medal podium by her team-mate Svetlana Kondrashenko, who beat Valerie Fabre (FRA) 113-109 for the bronze.
Tomorrow is the last day of the world championships and features medal finals in all four team events. The U.S. compound men will take on Norway for the gold in tomorrow's team finals, while the U.S. women's compound team takes on France in the gold medal match.
More than 450 athletes from 65 countries have been competing at Madrid’s Club De Campo this week.
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Day 4 News:
U.S. Compound men and women advance to Team Finals at 43rd World Target Championships
by Mary Beth Vorwerk – USA Archery
MADRID, Spain (June 24, 2005) – The U.S. men’s and women’s world target championship compound teams will advance to the team finals on Sunday to close out the 43rd World Target Championships. Both men’s and women’s teams won the team gold medal at the 2003 World Target Championships in New York City and will once again have an opportunity to defend their titles.
The number one seeded men’s compound team of Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine) Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass.) and Dee Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho), who were all members of the 2003 gold medal team, along with newcomer Kevin Polish (Carmichaels, Pa.) faced number 16 seeded Finland in the first round of the team elimination and won the match easily 261-246, advancing to the quarterfinals where they faced Mexico. The U.S. took that match 260-252 to face Denmark in the semifinals, where they won 253-250. The compound men will take on Norway in Sunday’s finals. Denmark and Australia will shoot for the bronze.
Reigning World Target Champion Mary Zorn (College Station, Texas), sixteen-year-old Erika Anschutz (Grand Island, Neb.), Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio) and Christie Colin, the number two seeded women’s compound team, took on number 15 Netherlands in the first round. The U.S. won that match by a score of 247-241. In the quarterfinals, the U.S. defeated Germany easily by a score of 255-239, advancing to the semifinals where they took on Belgium and again won easily 253-235. Zorn and Colin are looking to defend their 2003 team title along with Anschutz and Van Natta when they take on France in the gold medal match on Sunday. Denmark will face Belgium in the bronze medal match.
In the men’s recurve category, the 10th seeded U.S. team of four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn), two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.), Joe McGlyn (Floral Park, N.Y.) and Guy Krueger (Blessing, Texas) beat number seven seeded Japan in their first match 252-245 to advance to the quarterfinals where they faced India. The U.S. was eliminated from team competition after losing to India by a score of 255-236.
Number one seeded Korea will face India in the finals on Sunday to shoot for the gold in the men’s recurve category and Ukraine will take on Poland in the bronze medal match.
The number 10 seeded U.S. women’s recurve team of 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.), Khatuna Lorig (Bloomfield, N.J), Ashley Kamuf (New Albany, Ind.) and three-time Olympian Janet Dykman (El Monte, Calif.) also faced seventh seeded Japan in the first round of the team event. The U.S. lost the match 238-231 and were eliminated from team competition.
Number one seeded and reigning team champions Korea will take on Ukraine in the gold medal match on Sunday in the women’s recurve category while India and the Russia will compete for the bronze.
The individual finals will he held on Saturday and the U.S. men’s and women’s compound teams will compete again on Sunday in the team finals, which will conclude the 43rd FITA World Target Championships.
There are a total of 450 archers from 65 countries competing at the world championships with eight world titles will be decided.
Day 3 News:
U.S. Team Eliminated from Individual Competition at the 43rd World Target Championships
by Mary Beth Vorwerk – USA Archery
MADRID, Spain (June 23, 2005) – After hard work, tremendous effort and a great showing from the U.S. Team all 13 remaining members of the U.S. Archery World Target Championship Team were eliminated from individual competition today during the head-to-head elimination round or Olympic Round (OR), where the archers shoot from a distance of 70 meters. Four time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn.) and 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.) advanced all the way to the quarterfinals before being eliminated.
In the first round of the OR for the recurve men, Johnson beat Sweden’s Jonas Andersson 160-156, advancing to the second round where he defeated Jakub Mikeska of the Czech Republic 160-155. In the third round, Johnson got past Bulgaria’s Yavor Hristov by a match score of 160-155, advancing him to the quarterfinals where he lost to India’s Tarundeep Rai 110-108. Two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.) beat Fengbo Wu (China) 164-159 in the first round, then lost to Rai in the second round 161-160. Joe McGlyn (Floral Park, N.Y.) defeated Oleksandr Serdyuk (Ukraine) 163-162 in the first round and fell to Brazil’s Leonardo Caravlho 152-151 in the second round.
Ryuichi Moriya (Japan) will face Jae Hun Chung of Korea in the gold medal match on Saturday. India’s Tarundeep Rai will take on Korea’s Won Jon Choi for the bronze.
For the recurve women, Nichols faced Hui-Ju Wu (Chinese Taipei) in the first round, where she won the match by a score of 156-153. In the second round, Nichols beat China’s Jialing Qian (158-155) advancing her to the third round where she took on Nataliya Burdeyna (Ukraine) and won the match easily 154-143. In the quarterfinals, Nichols lost to 2004 Olympic silver medalist, Sung Jin Lee from Korea 112-106.
A native of the Republic of Georgia, Khatuna Lorig (Bloomfield, N.J) faced Ranu (India) in the first round, where she took the match 159-155. In the second round, Lorig beat Germany’s Karina Winter 153-152, advancing to the third round where she lost to Korea’s 15-year-old Tuk Young Lee 160-152. Lee will take on her Korean teammate Sung Hyun Park in the gold medal match on Saturday. Sung Jin Lee from Korea will face Natalia Valeeva for the bronze.
For the compound men, reigning World Target Championship individual silver medalist and top seeded Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine) lost to Antonio Tosco (Italy) 169-167 in the second round of the OR after getting past Slovenia’s Marko Jamnik 175-171 in the first round. Number two seeded Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass.), the 2003 World Target individual bronze medalist beat Emre Kayali Yunus from Turkey in the first round 169-164, then easily defeated Great Britain’s Georgios Kaladamis 170-164 in the second round before barely losing to Armando De La Garza 167-166 in the third round.
Twenty-two-year-old wheelchair archer Kevin Polish (Carmichaels, Pa.) fell in the second round to Denmark’s Martin Damsbo 167-166 after defeating Septimus Cilliers (South Africa) 171-168 in the first round. This is Polish’s first appearance at a world championships and he is the first man and first American wheelchair archer to qualify for a FITA World Target Championship. Dee Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho), a 2003 world target team gold medalist lost to Croatia’s Goran Villi 173-170 in the first round.
Morgan Lundin of Sweden will face Morten Boe of Norway for the gold in the individual finals on Saturday. Slovenia’s Dejan Sitar will take on Armando De La Garza of Mexico in the bronze medal match.
Reigning World Target Champion Mary Zorn (College Station, Texas) made it to the third round before being eliminated by Petra Friedl from Austria. In the first round, Zorn defeated Mexico’s Almendra Ochoa easily 168-156. Next, Zorn faced Louise Hauge (Denmark) in the second round, where she won the match 163-161. In the third round, Zorn lost to Friedl with a match score of 166-158.
Sixteen-year-old Erika Anschutz (Grand Island, Neb.) was defeated in the first round 165-161 by Venezuela’s Luzmary Guedez. Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio) beat Francoise Volle (France) 163-156 in the first round, advancing to the second round where she easily got past Finland’s Anne Laurila 168-159. In the third round, Van Natta fell to Russia’s Sofya Goncharova by one point with a match score of 164-163. Christie Colin (Cape May, N.J.) lost in the first round 160-156 to Svetlana Kondrashenko from Russia. Kondrashenko will face Valeria Fabre (France) in the bronze medal match on Saturday and Russia’s Sofya Goncharova will face Mexico’s Arminda Bastos for the gold.
The U.S. team (both recurve and compound) will compete in tomorrow’s team elimination rounds and again on Sunday during the team finals.
In the team event, each country qualifies through the FITA Round. The best three FITA scores for each country are added together to give a team total. Each team is ranked according to this total. The top 16 teams advance to the Team Elimination Round.
The men’s compound team, seeded first will shoot against Finland, the number 16 seed in the first round of tomorrow’s team elimination rounds. The women’s compound team tied with Russia at 4088 points, but is seeded second, while Russia received the number one seed. The U.S. compound women will take on number 15 Netherlands in the first round.
The men’s recurve team will shoot against number seven Japan and the women’s recurve team will also shoot against seventh seeded Japan in the first round.
The individual finals will he held on Saturday and world championship competition will conclude on Sunday, June 26 with the team finals.
There are a total of 450 archers from 65 countries competing at the world championships with eight world titles will be decided.
Day 2 News:
Cousins remains in first place; Field cut to 64 following second day of World Target Championships
by Mary Beth Vorwerk – USA Archery
MADRID, Spain (June 22, 2005) - The qualification round came to a close today at the 43rd World Target Championships with the field being cut to 64 in each category for Thursday’s individual head-to-head elimination round or the Olympic Round (OR). Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine) ended the day in first place once again for the compound men, which will put him in tomorrow’s OR as the number one seed. The placement of each archer from the qualification round establishes the seedings for the OR.
Cousins, the 2003 World Target Championship individual silver and team gold medalist finished the qualification round in first place with a score of 1379, while 2003 World Target individual bronze medalist and team gold medalist and 2004 Junior World Champion Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass.) finished right behind Cousins again in second place with 1373. Morton Boe (Norway) jumped up into the third spot with a score of 1371.
Kevin Polish (Carmichaels, Pa.) finished the qualification round in 20th place with a score of 1357. Dee Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho), a 2003 world target team gold medalist will enter tomorrow’s OR as the 21st seed after finishing the day right behind Polish with a score of 1356.
Reigning World Target Champion Mary Zorn (College Station, Texas) finished the day in third place for the compound women with a score of 1364. Sixteen-year-old Erika Anschutz (Grand Island, Neb.) and Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio) are in fourth and fifth place respectively, each scoring a 1362. Christie Colin (Cape May, N.J.) finished the qualification round in 25th place with a 1339. Hometown favorite Fatima Agudo (Spain) finished in first place in the women’s compound category with a 1377, while Russia’s Anna Kazantseva will be seeded second in tomorrow’s OR after shooting a score of 1375.
Four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn.) fell from sixth place into the 28th spot today with a score of 1310, which still put him in front of the U.S. men’s recurve team going into tomorrow’s OR. Two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.) jumped up from 39th place to end the day right behind Johnson in 29th place with 1309. Joe McGlyn (Floral Park, N.Y.) ended the qualification round in 33rd place with 1303, while Guy Krueger (Blessing, Texas) finished the day in 82nd place with 1262, eliminating him from individual competition. Krueger will compete again in Friday’s team round. The Koreans, Kyung Mo Park and Jae Hun Chung are in first and second place with 1365 and 1352 respectively, while Russia’s Balzhinima Tsyrempilov is in third place with 1350.
For the recurve women, 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.) jumped up to fourth place after finishing the day with a score of 1346. Nichols will go into the elimination round seeded fourth, right behind 2000 Olympic gold medalist and 2003 World Target Champion Mi Jin Yun of Korea who ended the qualification round in third place with 1352. Korea’s Sung Hyun Park, 2003 World Championship silver medalist and 2004 Olympic gold medalist is in first place for the recurve women with 1364, while her teammate, 15-year-old Tuk Young Lee, is in second with 1354.
A native of the Republic of Georgia, Khatuna Lorig (Bloomfield, N.J.) will enter the OR seeded 15th after shooting a score of 1319, while Ashley Kamuf (New Albany, Ind.) and three-time Olympian Janet Dykman (El Monte, Calif.) were eliminated from the individual competition finishing in 76th and 80th place respectively with scores of 1242 and 1239. Under the direction of U.S. Coach Alexander Kirillov, Dykman intentionally missed the target on her last two arrows in order to give her team a better seeding for Friday’s team round competition. Kamuf and Dykman will compete again in the team round event on Friday.
Today’s competition included the FITA short distances of the individual qualification round or FITA Round. Both men and women shot from distances of 50 and 30 meters.
After 144 arrows, the U.S. compound men are still in first place in the team standings with 4109 points. The U.S. compound women will be the number two seed behind Russia in the team round.
The U.S. recurve men fell from sixth place in team standings to tenth place with 3922 points and the U.S. recurve women are also ranked tenth with 3907 points. Korea continues to lead the way in team standings for both the men and women recurve bow categories.
The team elimination rounds are scheduled for Friday. In the team event, each country qualifies through the FITA Round. The best three FITA scores for each country are added together to give a team total. Each team is ranked according to this total. The top 16 teams advance to the Team Elimination Round.
The individual finals will he held on Saturday and world championship competition will conclude on Sunday, June 26 with the team finals.
There are a total of 450 archers from 65 countries competing at the world championships with eight world titles will be decided.
Day 1 News:
Cousins, Anschutz in first place after day one of World Target Championships
by Mary Beth Vorwerk - USA Archery
MADRID, Spain (June 21, 2005) - The first day of competition at the 43rd FITA World Target Championships has come to a close with the Unites States’ Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine) and Erika Anschutz (Grand Island, Neb.) finishing in first place in their respective compound bow categories.
Cousins, the 2003 World Target Championship individual silver and team gold medalist is leading the way for the compound men with a score of 684, while 2003 World Target individual bronze medalist and team gold medalist and 2004 Junior World Champion Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass.) is right behind Cousins in second with 681. Canada’s Kevin Tataryn is in the third spot with 675.
Kevin Polish (Carmichaels, Pa.) finished the day in 21st place with a score of 667. Polish is the first United States wheelchair archer to shoot at a FITA World Target Championship. Dee Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho), a 2003 world target team gold medalist is in 35th place with 660.
Sixteen-year-old Anschutz is in first place for the compound women after finishing the day with a score of 685. Fatima Agudo (Spain) is in second with 684, while India’s Jhano Hansdah is holding third with 681. Reigning World Target Champion Mary Zorn (College Station, Texas) is right behind in fourth place with 680, while Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio) is in seventh with 679 and Christie Colin (Cape May, N.J.) is in 49th place with 657. Zorn and Colin were also members of the 2003 women’s compound gold medal team.
Four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, Conn.) leads the way for the U.S. recurve men in sixth place with a score of 649. Joe McGlyn (Floral Park, N.Y.) is in 24th place with 633, while two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.) is in 39th with 627 and Guy Krueger (Blessing, Texas) is in 99th place with 594. Kyung Mo Park from Korea is in the top spot in the men’s recurve category with a score of 668, while Russia’s Balzhinima Tsyrempilov is in second with 660 and Jae Hun Chung (Korea) is in third place with 658.
For the recurve women, 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, Wyo.) is in sixth place with 662. Khatuna Lorig (Bloomfield, N.J.) is in 22nd with 648, while three-time Olympian Janet Dykman (El Monte, Calif.) holds 62nd place with 622 and Ashley Kamuf (New Albany, Ind.) is in the 87th spot with 601.
The Koreans hold all three top spots in the women’s recurve category with scores of 675, 672 and 671 respectively. Entering Madrid, the Korean women hold the “Four Crowns” of the sport: the Olympic and world championships individual and team titles.
Today’s competition included the FITA long distances of the individual qualification round or FITA Round. The men shot from 90 and 70 meters while the women shot from a distance of 70 and 60 meters. Both men and women shot a total of 72 arrows each.
After 72 arrows, the U.S. compound men are in first place in the team standings with 2032 points. The U.S. compound women are also holding first place with a score of 2044.
The U.S. recurve men are currently ranked sixth in team standings with 1909 points and the U.S. recurve women are ranked seventh with 1932 points. Korea is leading the way in team standings for both the men and women recurve bow categories.
Tomorrow’s individual qualification round will consist of the FITA short distances: 50 and 30 meters for both the men and women. The field will be cut to the top 64 men and women in each category for the Olympic Round (OR), which will take place on Thursday. The OR is a head-to-head elimination round, where the archers shoot from a distance of 70 meters from the target.
The team elimination rounds are scheduled for Friday. In the team event, each country qualifies through the FITA Round. The best three FITA scores for each country are added together to give a team total. Each team is ranked according to this total. The top 16 teams advance to the Team Elimination Round.
The individual finals will he held on Saturday and world championship competition will conclude on Sunday, June 26 with the team finals.
There are a total of 450 archers from 65 countries competing at the world championships with eight world titles will be decided.
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