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23 February 2009 - Success for the year’s 1st Asian Grand Prix
Lausanne
Success for the year’s 1st Asian Grand Prix
Lausanne – 23 February 2009
Atanu DAS (IND)
The 1st Asian Grand Prix 2009 in Bangkok (THA) was a tremendous success. Well organised under the leadership of Mr Sanguan KOSAVINTA, FITA Vice President and National Archery Association of Thailand’s President, the first major event of the year has shown many young archers coming up. Not only were the participants very young, but they also showed that the level in Asia is growing.
Many new countries are now showing consistent performances and the level—especially in South-East Asia—is growing considerably. When we compare 2007 to 2009, we can see that despite the slightly lower number of archers—mainly due to visa issues for Iran—the level has gone up quite a bit:
Recurve Men
2007
2009
Number
49
53
Highest Score
660
666
Average Top 8
651.50
655.13
Average Top 16
641.94
647.88
Average Top 32
626.00
633.63
Recurve Women
2007
2009
Number
45
34
Highest Score
653
648
Average Top 8
627.88
630.50
Average Top 16
615.38
621.38
Average Top 32
595.84
595.97
Compound Men
2007
2009
Number
43
36
Highest Score
699
697
Average Top 8
686.25
685.88
Average Top 16
680.19
677.88
Average Top 32
665.66
660.09
Compound Women
2007
2009
Number
25
19
Highest Score
674
676
Average Top 8
658.00
665.38
Average Top 16
642.00
648.63
RW: A. BANNOVA (KAZ) vs Y. HAYASHI (JPN)
Medals were won by Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, India and Kazakhstan showing the diversity of the event.
Names to follow in this season will certainly be Anastasya BANNOVA from Kazakhstan and Atanu DAS from India. Both are very young recurve archers with a lot of potential.
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