VAN DER VEN takes Wroclaw men’s gold, NESPOLI silver, VALLADONT bronze
WROCLAW (10/08/2014)
With an 18-point lead at the top of the recurve men’s World Cup rankings, the Netherland’s Rick VAN DER VEN is a big top seed at this year’s World Cup Final in Lausanne. He came second at Shanghai to open the season, and closed the stage series by going one better in Wroclaw.
Indonesia collects first ever stage win; SEGINA out of Lausanne qualified
Indonesia had never contested an Archery World Cup medal before today. Ika ROCHMAWATI not only contested recurve women’s gold, but beat Olympic silver team medallist XU Jing, from China, in the final.
Mexico win Wroclaw mixed team gold, beat Russia in a tiebreaker
Russia had gone 4-2 set points up on ROMAN and VELEZ before the Mexicans leveled the score up at the end of regulation sets and won the shoot-off. The secret to their mixed team’s match success, the ever-smiling Aida said: “we joke with each other, to take away the nerves.”