Triple gold FISCHER in compound cadet

All the categories contested their bronze and gold finals in the Legnica City Park Stadium. Compound athletes shot cumulative score matches of 15 arrows at 50 metres. Recurve cadet athletes shot matches with 5 sets of 3 arrows at 60 metres. Two points to win per set. The first archer who has six set points wins the match.

  Here is our recap of our live commentaries of the matches.   Recurve Cadet Men   Gold – PARK Seong Cheol (KOR/1) v HUANG Rui (CHN/14) The Korean PARK was in the hunt for his second gold medal of the championships and won the first set against his opponent HUANG from China. The Chinese archer came back with 10-10-9 in the second set. PARK did 9-9-10. The match was tied at 2-2.   PARK shot first again in the third set and was strong with 9-10-9. Too good for the 9-7-8 of HUANG. PARK led 4-2.   The level was sky high in the fourth set! 10-10-10 for HUANG; 10-10-9 for PARK. Match tied at 4-4!   PARK started the fifth set with a 10. HUANG had 9. PARK scored another 10! HUANG scored 10! What suspense!!! PARK needed a 10 to win his second gold medal of the week! He drew his bow, he calmly aimed and a scored a 10! Victory for PARK! A last 10 from HUANG did not change anything; PARK won the fifth set 30-29 and the match 6 set points to 4!   PARK had to go to the hospital at the beginning of the week and almost withdrew from the competition. He must be happy with his decision to compete. He said at the time, “I may never have this chance again.” Indeed he took his chances on the field, he won two gold and one silver medal!   Bronze – Alexandru POPESCU (ROU/20) v LEE Seungyun (KOR/2) LEE only went out of the gold ring once in this bronze medal final. That was in the first set, which he tied 26-26; one point for each archer. He was then sovereign taking the next three sets over his opponent POPESCU 28-25, 29-26, 29-27. Bronze medal for LEE 7-1.   Recurve Cadet Women   Gold – SHIN Jeong Hwa (KOR/1) v RYOO Su Jung (KOR/2) Already five world records and two gold medals for SHIN this week. She was taking on her teammate RYOO in the individual final this morning. The latter had the best start and led 2-0. SHIN came back at 2-2.   SHIN had a problem with her second arrow in the third set, which she had to draw twice. She still scored 9-9-9 in the set, but RYOO had 10-9-9 to take the lead 4-2.   It was time for SHIN to scored 10s and she did in the fourth set: 10-10-10. RYOO stayed strong with 10-9-10, but SHIN came back at 4-4 in the match.   RYOO shot a 10-10-10 of her own in the fifth set, and although she is Korean, one could say she upset the favourite (SHIN had 9-10-9)! Gold medal for RYOO!   Bronze – Alejandra VALENCIA (MEX/4) v Ilgin KIZILGUNESLER (TUR/51) VALENCIA shot against the big surprise of the week, the No. 51 seed KIZILGUNESLER. The first set was tied at 26-26 and each archer won 1 point.   Both archers had the same arrow again to start the second set (9-10), but KIZILGUNESLER finished with an 8. VALENCIA scored 10 to take a 3-1 lead in the same point.   The third arrow of the third set was decisive again. The Turkish had 9-8-6, while the Mexican had 8-8-10 to take a 5-1 lead. VALENCIA did not let anything go in the fourth set. She won it again and clinched the match and bronze medal 7-1!   Compound Cadet Men   Gold – Stephan HANSEN (DEN/5) v Renaud DOMANSKI (BEL/34) HANSEN has already won two bronze medals in the team and mixed team events. He faced a surprising DOMANSKI for gold this time.   The very young Danish archer started the match very well 10-10-9 to lead 29-26. He continued with 10-9-10 and built the gap to 58-53.   DOMANSKI tried to come back with a perfect 30 in the third end, but HANSEN held it well with 29. He still led 87-83. He built one more point in his advantage in the fourth end (29-28), 116-111.   DOMANSKI finished with 8-9-10. Not enough to put pressure on HANSEN, who has been trained by Danish archery superstar Martin DAMSBO since he was a little kid! The student is walking in the steps of the master. He concluded with 10-9-10. Gold medal, 145-138.   Bronze – Mario VAVRO (CRO/16) v Ali DAVARCI (TUR/14) DAVARCI from Turkey was back in action this morning after winning a team silver medal yesterday. He started the match very well with 10-10-10 and 10-9-9 to a good lead, 58-55.   The Croatian VAVRO came back in the third end with a perfect 10-10-10!!! However, DAVARCI held it well with 9-10-10. He still led 87-85.   DAVARCI shot another perfect 30 in the fourth end to take a substantial lead, 117-113! Finally the Turkish athlete finished with 8-9-10 to take the bronze medal, 144-141!   Compound Cadet Women   Gold – Emily FISCHER (USA/8) v Sonia VILLAFAN (MEX/7) VILLAFAN and FISCHER were back in action today after meeting twice in the mixed team and team finals on Saturday! FISCHER won both gold at the time.   VILLAFAN finished with a 6 in the second end but she trailed only by one point 54-55. However she scored three more 8s in third end. FISCHER jumped on the opportunity with 10-8-9 and built a 4-point lead, 82-78.   The Mexican pulled herself together in the fourth end with 10-9-8. However, it was matched by the American, 109-105.   In the last end VILLAFAN tried to put pressure with 9-10-9. The young FISCHER did not shudder, shooting 8-9-10. Victory Triple gold medal for FISCHER at these World Archery Youth Championships!!! Congratulations to VILLAFAN as well for triple silver.   Bronze – Ella HUGO (AUS/5) v Bairma DYLYKOVA (RUS/27) HUGO dominated DYLYKOVA all the way. The Australian outscored her opponent in almost every end to win the bronze medal, 140-132.   Didier MIEVILLE World Archery Communication