Great Britain improves their world record on the way to gold final

The mixed teams played their matches until the bronze match on Friday afternoon. They shoot 16 arrows, cumulative score.   Recurve Mixed Team In the first elimination round Germany (seeded No. 7) was beaten by the lower ranked Poland (seeded No. 10) 127-129. Seeded No. 3, Korea started the match against Ukraine at 32-31. The 1-point gap increased to three points after 12 arrows and in the end Korea easily beat Ukraine 139-130 (32-31, 65-62, 103-97, 139-130). The same thing happened in the match Netherlands against Great Britain: the two teams started the match with similar scores and, end after end, the gap between the two increased. In the end Great Britain won the match 139-121. The No. 8 pair from the host country Italy (DE PELLEGRIN/MIJNO) easily clinched the victory against Turkey 128-120.   In the 1/4 elimination round Poland met the Islamic Republic of Iran in a hard-fought match. Iran started to lead 36-35. Then Poland recovered and took the lead 68-67. The situation changed again after the third end, with Iran taking the lead again 102-104. In the end Iran managed to keep the lead and won the match 138-135.   The two matches of the semifinals were Mongolia against People’s Republic of China and Thailand against the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the first match both China and Mongolia had a good start (37-36) but China immediately started to increase the gap between the two. China won 145-133. In the second match Iran started with 35 pts leaving Thailand trailing by three. The gap between the two teams increased after the second end (69-64) and then reduced after the third one due to a couple of bad arrows shot by the Iranian duo (101-100). Finally Iran managed to restore the initial gap and clinched the match 136-132.   Mongolia and Thailand met for the bronze final match. The Mongolian duo BAATARJAV/BYAMBASUREN immediately took the lead 32-30 and kept the lead until the third end at 66-64 and then 99-98. However the situation was turned around when the Mongolian team shot a bad 3 with their last arrow (7-7-10-3). They left the victory and the bronze medal to the Thai team (INKAEW/KHUTHAWISAP) 132-126 points.   Compound Mixed Team In the 1/8 elimination round the Islamic Republic of Iran shot against Sweden in a very tight match. The two teams started with a tie: 37-37. The Iranian duo managed to take the lead 74-73 but the Swedish LARSSON/REPPE shot a good end to close the gap and tie the score at 111 points each with only one end to go. In the last end JAVEHERIPOUR/ABBASPOUR shot 9-10-10-8 and their Swedish opponents closed the match with 9-10-10-9. Sweden won the match 149-148! Another notable match was the one between the No. 7 seed Canada and No. 10 Italy. After a tied first end (37-37), Italy took the lead in the second (71-70) and kept it until the end. The Italian duo SIMONELLI/NERI clinched the victory 147-139.   In a notable match of the second round (quarterfinals) Netherlands shot against Turkey. Turkey led the match right from the start (37-36, 75-71, 114-103, 152-141) and easily advanced to the next round. The No. 3 seed Russia easily defeated No. 6 Spain 152-140. On the home side, Italy did not manage to keep up with Sweden’s performance and lost the match 148-144.   During the semifinals Great Britain shot against Turkey. Both teams shot very consistently and achieved high results. Anyway Turkey could not do anything against Great Britain who finished the match 154-151, setting the new compound mixed team world record. The previous mark (151 pts) was already set by the British pair (BROWN/STUBBS). The other semifinal was the one between Russia and Sweden. Due to a bad start of the Swedish team and thanks to the Russian consistency, ARTAKHINOVA/DIKTOVANNYY won the match 144-140.   In the bronze medal match Turkey (SENER/SU)    shot against Sweden (LARSSON/REPPE). The Swedish duo took a 2-point lead after the first end (39-37) and kept their advantage throughout the whole match finishing the match 147-141. Bronze medal for LARSSON and REPPE!     Dajana PICCOLO World Archery Communication