Archery WA World Cup 2021

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Archery WA World Cup 2021

 

Multi-Stage Event - 20 April 2021 - 2 September 2021

 

 

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[mrv86 3,190]

First stage of Archery World Cup ended today in Guatemala City.

 

A reduced field in most events, but athletes from 3 continents were present, among them most of the main contenders for the remaining team quotas at the Olympics.

 

But let's start with Compound, where the  won gold medals in women's team and men's individual, adding 3 bronzes to their count. Two other American nations obtained gold:  in women's individual, but this time through Nora Valdez instead of Sara López, while Mexico took the men's team title, and a couple of silvers in women's & mixed team events. It could have been a complete swept by the host continent, but Danes Stephan Hansen & Tanja Gellenthien hit a dozen 10's in a row to defeat the Mexicans in the final match.

 

Now, regarding recurve individual events,  Atanu Das & Deepika Kumari took the top spot in the podium, with Mexico taking both bronze medals (Ángel Alvarado & Alejandra Valencia); Daniel Castro from  earned two medals, silver in individuals and a team Gold, while Mackenzie Brown once again was the best US women also earning silver.

 

Now, talking about the men team competition, as said previously the spanish squad took the first position, and showing a good form after sending out a couple of tough rivals (India and the French, who ended in 4th) before a rather quick win against Ellison & Co, with Germany achieving the bronze. All those four, plus a few others that were either early eliminated or just absent, are to be taken seriously in contention for a chance to be in Tokyo, but I´ll wait until next stop to predict any outcome.

 

On the women's side, India's and Mexico's teams showed a better form that the rest of their competitors, and in my opinion are early frontrunners to win two of those Olympic spots; both fought a close final, if at the end, a better concentration favored the Asian side. However one should not discount  (again losing against their German neighbors in the 3rd place match).  or the  to improve on their way to the final qualification tournament in Paris.

[Fly_like_a_don 1,113]

It was a awesome world cup. Loved it 

[Prashanth 179]

Good to see India get 3 Gold n 1 Bronze. Though not though competition but match experience after break is always important. More important was Atanu n Deepika getting that winning confidence which had been lost by both of them.

[Benolympique 2,398]

  On 4/26/2021 at 2:59 AM, mrv86 said:

First stage of Archery World Cup ended today in Guatemala City.

 

A reduced field in most events, but athletes from 3 continents were present, among them most of the main contenders for the remaining team quotas at the Olympics.

 

But let's start with Compound, where the  won gold medals in women's team and men's individual, adding 3 bronzes to their count. Two other American nations obtained gold:  in women's individual, but this time through Nora Valdez instead of Sara López, while Mexico took the men's team title, and a couple of silvers in women's & mixed team events. It could have been a complete swept by the host continent, but Danes Stephan Hansen & Tanja Gellenthien hit a dozen 10's in a row to defeat the Mexicans in the final match.

 

Now, regarding recurve individual events,  Atanu Das & Deepika Kumari took the top spot in the podium, with Mexico taking both bronze medals (Ángel Alvarado & Alejandra Valencia); Daniel Castro from  earned two medals, silver in individuals and a team Gold, while Mackenzie Brown once again was the best US women also earning silver.

 

Now, talking about the men team competition, as said previously the spanish squad took the first position, and showing a good form after sending out a couple of tough rivals (India and the French, who ended in 4th) before a rather quick win against Ellison & Co, with Germany achieving the bronze. All those four, plus a few others that were either early eliminated or just absent, are to be taken seriously in contention for a chance to be in Tokyo, but I´ll wait until next stop to predict any outcome.

 

On the women's side, India's and Mexico's teams showed a better form that the rest of their competitors, and in my opinion are early frontrunners to win two of those Olympic spots; both fought a close final, if at the end, a better concentration favored the Asian side. However one should not discount  (again losing against their German neighbors in the 3rd place match).  or the  to improve on their way to the final qualification tournament in Paris.

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France has no chance of having a team?

[mrv86 3,190]

  On 4/26/2021 at 11:14 AM, Benolympique said:

France has no chance of having a team?

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Yes they have, and they should have some home field advantage.

 

However in both cases won’t be easy, as the men knock out have at least 8 teams with a similar level. Yet I expect the French to be one of the 3 survivors in both genders

[Fly_like_a_don 1,113]

I think one or both out of Malaysia and Bangladesh will qualify. France can get 1 but definitely not giving a quota to Italy 

[Benolympique 2,398]

  On 4/26/2021 at 12:58 PM, mrv86 said:

Yes they have, and they should have some home field advantage.

 

However in both cases won’t be easy, as the men knock out have at least 8 teams with a similar level. Yet I expect the French to be one of the 3 survivors in both genders

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do you have a list of favorites by teams? What about ideas for tripartite qualifications?

[mrv86 3,190]

  On 4/26/2021 at 2:01 PM, Benolympique said:

do you have a list of favorites by teams? What about ideas for tripartite qualifications?

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No ideas for tripartite yet, but it seems Malawi and even Yemen are sending male competitors to the World Cup stages in Europe, so most probably they are front contenders.

 

as for favorites, too close to call. We’re talking about a sport in which mental strength and weather can severely affect the outcome. So once the next World Cup stage is completed and once I see team compositions for the direct eliminations, I could name my favorites.

 

 

[Fly_like_a_don 1,113]

Mauro Nespoli finished 1st in Qualification ahead of Brady Ellison. Have a feeling both won't make it to the finals