The Archery World Cup Final in Dubai proved a gigantic
success and crowned four new World Cup Winners!
The Live coverage of the competition was broadcast by
eleven TV channels: AESHOW: Showtime, Dubai, Pan Arab;
CNCCTV: CCTV, China; FREUSP: Eurosport 2, Pan Europe;
INZESP: Zee Sports, India; ITRAI: RAI (Sports Sat), Italy;
KRKBSN: KBS-N, (cable), Korea; RURTR: Sports, Russia;
SAART: ART Arab, Pan Arab; TRTRT: TRT Turkey; UAPOVE:
Powerkhnost, Ukraine; USESPN: ESPN 360, (IP TV), USA.
Dola Banerjee from India took the World Cup Title in the
Recurve Women division. She beat the Korean Choi Eun
Young in a very tight and exciting match on a 70-meter
floating platform at the Madinat Jumeirah Souk venue.
In Men Recurve the best archer of the season, Russian
Baljinima Tsyrempilov took the win over young, promising
Mexican Juan Rene Serrano.
In the Compound category, a pregnant lady, Petra Ericsson
of Sweden won the World Cup title in the womens side,
while Salvadorian star Jorge Jimenez clinched victory in the
mens competition.
It is to be noted that the three first places in Compound Men
are from the Americas: El Salvador (Jorge Jimenez), USA
(Braden Gellenthien) and Brazil (Roberval Dos Santos). The
Americas also won a silver medal in Recurve Men with Juan
Rene Serrano.
More information on www.archeryworldcup.org.