China Archery

INCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) — China swept Malaysia 6-0 to clinch the recurve archery men’s team title for the first time at the Asian Games here on Sunday.

Chinese athletes Yong Zhiwei (L), Qi Kaiyao (C) and Gu Xuesong pose on the podium during the awarding ceremony of the recurve men’s team match of archery at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

The Chinese young archers edged their South Korean peers 5-4 after the shoot-off in the semifinals two days ago, then defeated their final rivals from Malaysia without mercy.

“I have to say that I was a little bit nervous as it’s the first time I competed in a final,” said Qi Kaiyao, 21, who launched his campaign on Sunday with an excellent 10’s. “We had prepared for a hard fight with the rivals and we had strong confidence in ourselves.”

The three Chinese archers contributed to eleven 10’s in three sets while the Malaysians shot the center mark for eight times.

“We hadn’t expected that we could win so fast,” said Yong Zhiwei, who also qualified for the individual semifinals later on Sunday. “But we believed in ourselves. We had faith in the team.”

South Korea’s loss to China means it failed to secure its ninth straight gold in the event at the Asian Games, but the hosts managed to edge Japan 5-3 to grab the bronze medal earlier.

“Our male archers did perform well at the Asian Games,” said Mu Yong, the manager of the China’s archery team. “They kept calm and shot marvelously. Especially in today’s final, they showed no fear at all.”

In the women’s final, South Korea beat China 6-0 to defend their title. Japan took the bronze after beating India 5-4.

Source: English.news.cn

I. Time & Venue
The Archery events of Second Youth Olympic Games will be held in the Archery Field of the Fangshan Sports Training Base from 22 to 26 August, 2014.
II. Events
One men’s event, one women’s event and one mixed team event.
III. Number of Athletes
64 athletes including 32 males and 32 females
IV. Medals
Athletes and teams that finish in the top three places in the individual and team events will be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
View and download the detail of “Sport Explanatory Brochure Archery – 2014 Youth Olympic Games” below (PDF file, total 19 pages):
Archery (Nanjing yough olympic games organising committee 2014)
Source: nanjing2014.org

On the morning of October 13, the World Archery Youth Championships 2013 Wuxi (CHN) was officially started in the Wuxi Sports Center. Tom Dylan, Secretary General of the International Archery Federation, Carlos, Tournament Director of the International Archery Federation, Gao Zhidan, Chairperson of the Chinese Archery Association, Zeng Zhigang, Director of the Shooting and Archery Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, Deputy Directors of the Shooting and Archery Sports Management Center of the General Administration of

World Archery Youth Championships 2013

Sports of China Lang Wei and Wang Yifu, Yin Baolin, Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Sports, Wang Quan, Acting Mayor of Wuxi, Wang Guozhong, a member of the Wuxi Municipal Party Standing Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department of the Wuxi Municipal Party Committee, Hua Boya, Deputy Mayor of Wuxi, and Wu Fengfeng, Secretary General of the Wuxi Municipal People’s Government, attended the opening ceremony. Officials of the organizing committee of the competition, principals of relevant departments, athletes, coaches and judges also took part in the ceremony.

Wang Quan, Acting Mayor of Wuxi, declared the official opening of the competition, and Wang Guozhong, a member of the Wuxi Municipal Party Standing Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department of the Wuxi Municipal Party Committee, delivered a speech to welcome all participants. It was learnt that over 800 athletes, officials and team followers from more than 60 countries took part in the competition, which was an international contest with the most participating counties and contestants as well as the biggest scale in the sports history of Wuxi. The competition was held in Wuxi, which will have a far-reaching significance in speeding up the construction of a “Four-type Wuxi” and improving Wuxi’s popularity and reputation. As the host, Wuxi will elaborately organize, carefully prepare, offer high-quality service, and try best to hold a youthful, vigorous, harmonious and advanced sports cultural gala.
Source:Wuxi News