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Other Sports - 08. September 2014.

Roman wins recurve Archery World Cup Final title.

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Sixteen world-class recurve archers battled it out today as the 2014 Archery World Cup came to a close in the Olympic Capital – marking the halfway point between the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

 
Crowd favourite Aida ROMAN delivered an outstanding individual and team performance to win the recurve women’s gold and the recurve mixed team final with Luis Eduardo VELEZ.


During the course of the competition, World Archery stormed past the 100,000-fan mark on Facebook as spectators at home and in the arena enjoyed an enhanced interactive viewing experience through their smartphones and tablets via VoGo Sport. World Archery’s pop-up style event saw fans enjoy panoramic views of Lausanne harbour - a common feature in over fifty world-class archery competitions since 2006.

 

World Archery President and International Olympic Committee Executive Board member Prof Dr Ugur ERDENER said:

 

“This successful weekend of elite performance concludes another inspiring World Cup season for 2014. We aim to continue to introduce new technology and we are constantly innovating our competition format and sports presentation to ensure that archery remains surprising and attractive to fans worldwide.

 

“It is exciting to see the boost in archery’s global fan base as a result of these world-class competitions – as well as through the sport’s growing profile in popular culture and Hollywood films. Archery is now more appealing than ever, with an estimated 15 million archers practicing worldwide and millions more young people all over the world embracing one of the world’s oldest and most traditional sports.”

 

In the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, World Archery will open a state-of-the-art international training centre in Lausanne to increase participation from grass roots to elite level competition and go one shot closer to a world where everyone has the opportunity to make archery their first choice sport or pastime.

 

Together with the World Archery Accredited Partner Archery Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, and the support of the International Olympic Committee, both centres will provide coaching, training opportunities and share knowledge and best practice with all member associations worldwide.

 

The Archery World Cup final will return in 2015 for its 10th anniversary edition. Mexico City will host the final of next year’s circuit. Mexico hosted the inaugural World Cup Final at the Mayapan Pyramids in 2006.

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