Six tickets for grasp at Asian Olympic Qualification

Six tickets for grasp at Asian Olympic Qualification Lausanne – 13 October 2011   As Tehran organises the Asian Archery Championships from 19-24 October 2011, the continent will determine the three quotas for men and the three for women that are still to be attributed to Asia. The main Asian countries such as Korea, India, China, Japan and Chinese Taipei already obtained team or individual places and therefore cannot obtain additional places at this event. The Continental Qualification Tournament will take place on 24 October at the conclusion of the Asian Championships.   The competition for the remaining places will be between Bangladesh (Men=M/Women=W), Bhutan (M/W), Hong Kong China (M/W), Islamic Republic of Iran (M/W), Iraq (M/W), Kazakhstan (M/W), Malaysia (W), Mongolia (W), Philippines (M),Sri Lanka (M/W), Thailand (M/W), Uzbekistan (M/W).   In the women’s competition the favourites are likely to be Bishindee URANTUNGALAG from Mongolia who is ranked 24th in the world, Farida TUKEBAEVA from Kazakhstan who is ranked 65th in the world and was 5th at the Asian Grand Prix in Bangkok earlier this year. The surprise could come from the host country that has had their ups and downs in the last years.   For the men’s competition the archers to watch are Md. Emdadul Haque MILON from Bangladesh who is currently ranked 87th in the world. He finished 7th in the Youth Olympic Games. Milad Vaziri TEYMOORLOOEI from the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is ranked 37th in the world, is the host's best chance for an Olympic quota place. Thai hopes are on Khomkrit DUANGSUWAN who is currently ranked 78th in the world but was 2nd at the last Asian Grand Prix.   20 October – Qualifications Qualification Round: CW 50m / RW 70m Qualification Round: CM 50m / RM 70m   21 October – Team Event Team Eliminations: RW 70m / CW 50m + RM 70m / CM 50m Team Finals (1/4, 1/2, Medal matches): RM 70m + CM 50m + MIXED TEAMS   22 October – Individual Eliminations and Finals CM + RM   23 October – Individual Eliminations and Finals CW + RW   24 October – Continental Qualification Tournament RW + RM   The championships will be broadcast live, and for information on distribution please contact Cedric ROGER at cro@htroffice.ch.   World Archery communication
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