2 March 2008 - Russians athletes unbeatable at the Ski Archery European Championships

Russians athletes unbeatable at the Ski Archery European Championships Khimki, Moscow Region (RUS) – 2 March 2008   Russians athletes have won all medals in the Open Ski Archery European Championships held at the Olympic Sport Center Planernaya in Khimki, Moscow Region (RUS) last week-end.     Mass Start In the Women competitions a special tribute shall be paid to Natalya Yemelina, triple winner of Sprint, Pursuit and Mass start events, and woman best archer of the competition. The races were just a little bit more open with the Men, 5 athletes sharing the 9 medals. Vladimir Yevtyukov, in addition to the Silver in Sprint and the Bronze in Mass Start, was crowned the man best archer of the event. Other participants in the OSAECH included athletes from Italy, Georgia, Japan and Ukraine.   Here are the medallists:   Sprint Women 3 x 2 km – 28 February 1)     Natalya Yemelina 2)     Valentina Linkova 3)     Elena Sharafutdinova   Sprint Men 3 x 2,5 km – 28 February 1)     Andrey Michaylov 2)     Vladimir Yevtyukov 3)     Pavel Borodin   Pursuit Women 4 x 2 km – 29 February 1)     Natalya Yemelina 2)     Valentina Linkova 3)     Elena Sharafutdinova   Pursuit Men 4 x 2,5 km - 29 February 1)     Andrey Yevsyukov 2)     Andrey Michaylov 3)     Pavel Borodin   Mass Start Women 5 x 1,5 km – 1 March 1)     Natalya Yemelina 2)     Elena Sharafutdinova 3)     Yekaterina Yashina   Mass Start Men 5 x 2 km – 1 March 1)     Kirill Maltsev 2)     Pavel Borodin 3)     Andrey Michaylov All Results Photos Françoise Dagouret Ski Archery Coordinator    Sprint Race