Archery WA World Championships 2025

[Federer91 3,028]

1 hour ago, AsensioWillemsen said:

I get the feeling this is going from bad to worse with many sports. I mean, archery isn’t going anywhere here if we are forced to pay a subscription to watch the worlds and have nothing else to go off.

I mean, it is a fun sport, but to me not fun enough to pay 10 euro’s to watch this tourney.

 

Main reason some sports grow and some always stay in the shadows. Having a regular circuit of events, on known broadcast networks, in a multitude of countries is a huge factor in gaining an audience. 

 

It's not fair to compare archery with skiing, biathlon or cycling for example, because those sports have had decades of popularity and a much bigger reach. But you can compare it to sports like snooker, darts, where having tournaments every month more or less, gets people invested in the players, it's easy for viewers to tune in without going through hoops and are much more likely to develop a habit of following the sport. 

[Grassmarket 4,063]

1 hour ago, AsensioWillemsen said:

I get the feeling this is going from bad to worse with many sports. I mean, archery isn’t going anywhere here if we are forced to pay a subscription to watch the worlds and have nothing else to go off.

I mean, it is a fun sport, but to me not fun enough to pay 10 euro’s to watch this tourney.

 

I'm guessing it's down to sponsors.  Luge, bob & skeleton are hardly the world's biggest sport, yet have absolutely the best live streaming coverage.  

[AsensioWillemsen 174]

44 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Main reason some sports grow and some always stay in the shadows. Having a regular circuit of events, on known broadcast networks, in a multitude of countries is a huge factor in gaining an audience. 

 

It's not fair to compare archery with skiing, biathlon or cycling for example, because those sports have had decades of popularity and a much bigger reach. But you can compare it to sports like snooker, darts, where having tournaments every month more or less, gets people invested in the players, it's easy for viewers to tune in without going through hoops and are much more likely to develop a habit of following the sport. 

Exactly that. Putting your sport behind an exclusive paywall for all events basically means that they only can shine once in four years. Mind you, I like the sports at the olympics a lot, but there is so much more that I can watch either for free or on a deal package.

[copravolley 518]

Winter has an advantage over summer because crystal globe for a World Cup win, have become popular there. Only the Nordic Combined hasn't been able to capitalize on this.

[hoversaBR 628]

D'Almeida  third consecutive world championship medal. 

 

It's a shame he hasn't yet been able to showcase his full potential at the Olympics.

[phelps 8,302]

Recurve Bow, men's Individual

Gold:  Andres Temiño Mediel
Silver:  Marcus D'Almeida
Bronze:  Kim Je Deok

Full Ranking
https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2025/24321/IFRM.php

Full Bracket
https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2025/24321/IBRM.php

Edited September 11 by phelps

[phelps 8,302]

Recurve Bow, men's Individual

Gold:  Kang Chae Young
Silver:  Zhu Jingyi
Bronze:  An San

Full Ranking
https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2025/24321/IFRW.php

Full Bracket
https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2025/24321/IBRW.php

[phelps 8,302]

Final Medal Table

 

2 / 1 / 4
2 / 0 / 1
2 / 0 / 0
1 / 1 / 0
1 / 1 / 0
1 / 0 / 0
1 / 0 / 0
0 / 2 / 0
0 / 1 / 2
0 / 1 / 0
0 / 1 / 0
0 / 1 / 0
0 / 1 / 0
0 / 0 / 1
0 / 0 / 1
0 / 0 / 1

 

[hoversaBR 628]

29 minutes ago, phelps said:

Final Medal Table

 

2 / 1 / 4
2 / 0 / 1
2 / 0 / 0
1 / 1 / 0
1 / 1 / 0
1 / 0 / 0
1 / 0 / 0
0 / 2 / 0
0 / 1 / 2
0 / 1 / 0
0 / 1 / 0
0 / 1 / 0
0 / 1 / 0
0 / 0 / 1
0 / 0 / 1
0 / 0 / 1

 

Two gold medals for Spain. 

I'd never seen them in that sport before.

[NearPup 3,506]

17 minutes ago, hoversaBR said:

Two gold medals for Spain. 

I'd never seen them in that sport before.

They did win an Olympic men's team gold... in 1992.