23 February 2009 - Success for the year’s 1st Asian Grand Prix

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.   Ø Results Ø Photos Ø Videos   FITA Communication