2008 WUC Archery: Results on Individual Eliminations
July 10th, 2008
After the exciting competitions, four brilliant gold medalists have finally come out. Both finals became a civil war in the individual recurve discipline. Chinese Taipei and Korea stood out individually in the recurve men and recurve women divisions. USA held the two gold medals of compound men and compound women. All the archers showed perfect skill as well as good manner, giving congratulations sincerely to each other at the end of the game.
Medal Podium Recurve Men
Recurve Men
In the recurve men discipline, the final turned out to be a civil war. Two archers from Chinese Taipei competed against each other. In a relaxing atmosphere, WANG Cheng-Pang shot 112 pts, winning the first gold medal as well his first one in a WUC. The silver medalist KUO Cheng-Wei scored 106 pts, twice holding the honor of the second. WANG Cheng-Pang had gone through all the eliminations smoothly. Conversely, KUO Cheng-Wei got behind at first in the 1/8. With his steadiness, he made a tie with Korean JIN Seong-Yeop and finally won out by a 10 arrow in the second playoff. Chinese Taipei performed a best ever match in this category of the WUC. The bronze medalist was Spaniard Prates, who will also go to the Beijing Olympic Games.
Medal Podium Recurve Women
Recurve Women
In the division of recurve women, there was also a sisterly struggle in the final. Two outstanding Korean archers KI Bo-Be and LEE Hyun Chu performed a peaceful match against each other. Finally, KI Bo-Be’s 109 pts defeated LEE Hyun Chu’s 105 and received the gold medal. The bronze medalist was Russian Stepanova who beat YUAN Shu-Chi from Chinese Taipei by 109 pts. To everyone’s surprise, another host Olympic archer Wu Hui-Ju did not make into the 1/8.
Medal Podium Compound Men
Compound Men
In the compound men final, British Philip Glover just shot 110 pts, his lowest score in all the eliminations round. On the contrast, though American Jedo Greschock had a lower average of each arrow (9.25) than Philip (9.53) in the eliminations, he seized every chance to make a good shoot, especially during the final. Consequently, Greschock won the gold medal by 112 pts. All the archers from USA gave him a warm hug to celebrate his victory. The bronze medalist was Belgian Mathieu Vandepoele who shot 111 and beat off the Canadian Nathan Cameron.
Medal Podium Compound Women
Compound Women
In the compound women final, Korean KWON Oh-Hyang lost her accuracy, shooting only 108 pts in the head-to-head battle. USA archer Anschutz, whose steady performance scored 110 pts, took the gold medal eventually. With another gold medal from compound men, USA defended their country’s prestige of the master of compound. The bronze medal match was also a civil war. Although the wind became stronger in the middle of the competition, it could not interfere with Russian Albina Loginova. She shot 111 pts and defeated her teammate Victoria Balzhanova, who lost by 109 pts. All the individual events have come to an end. Team and mixed team eliminations and final rounds will be on next.
