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Archery at the 2019 European Games – Women's individual recurve

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Women's individual recurve
at the 2019 European Games
VenueOlympic Sports Complex
Date21–26 June
Competitors48 from 32 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Netherlands
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The women's individual recurve competition at the 2019 European Games was held from 21 to 26 June 2019 at the Olympic Sports Complex in Minsk, Belarus. It was the second time the event was held as part of the European Games archery programme. A total of 48 archers from 32 different nations entered the competition, with a maximum of three entries per country. The event offered one qualifying spot for the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics for any archer reaching the semi-finals from a nation that had not already qualified.[1] The defending champion, Karina Winter of Germany, did not take part following her retirement from the sport.[2]

Gabriela Bayardo of the Netherlands set a new Games record in the ranking round for a total number of points scored from 72 arrows. Tatiana Andreoli defeated Lucilla Boari in an all-Italian final, securing their nation's third and fourth archery medals of the 2019 European Games.[3] Bayardo defeated Russia's Anna Balsukova to win the bronze medal and secure the available qualification for the Olympics the following year, the first for a Dutch female archer since 1996.[4]

Background

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Qualification

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A total of 48 places were available for the event. As the host nation, Belarus received automatic qualification of three of its archers. Qualification for the remaining positions took place principally through the European Outdoor Archery Championship held in Legnica, Poland in August and September 2018, and the European Grand Prix event held in April 2019. Five 'Universality' places were additionally determined by the European Olympic Committee and World Archery Europe to add representation from National Olympic Committees that otherwise would have not qualified.[5]

Format

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An official World Archery target consists of ten evenly-spaced concentric rings. An arrow landing in the outermost ring scores one point; striking the centre yellow circle earns the maximum ten points.

The event was an outdoor target archery event using recurve bows. Held under the World Archery-approved rules, archers shot at a 122 cm-wide target from a distance of 70 metres, each arrow being awarded between one and ten points depending on how close it landed to the centre of the target. The competition consisted of three stages: an initial ranking round, five elimination rounds, and two finals matches deciding the medal placings. In the ranking round, each of the 48 archers entering the competition shot a total of 72 arrows. The total score of each archer was used to seed the archers into the following five-round single-elimination tournament, with the highest-scoring archer receiving the number one seed. If two or more archers finished with the same total score, the number of arrows shot in the central 10-ring on the target was used as a tie-breaker. If two or more archers were still tied, then the number of arrows shot within the inner-10 ring determined the finishing positions.[6]: 27 

The elimination rounds used the Archery Olympic Round set system used in international recurve archery events since 2010. Each match consisted of a maximum of five sets, with archers each shooting three arrows per set, alternating one arrow at a time. The archer with the best score from their three arrows won the set, earning two points. The archer with the lowest score in each set received zero points. If the score was tied, each archer received one point. The first archer to six points was declared the winner. If the match was tied 5-5 after the maximum 5 sets were played, a single tie-breaker arrow was used with the closest to centre of the target winning.[6]: 27-28 

Schedule

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Day Date Time Competition stage
1 Friday, 21 June 2019 13:15-16:00 Ranking round
5 Tuesday, 25 June 2019 09:00-17:00 1/32 elimination round
1/16 elimination round
6 Wednesday, 26 June 2019 09:00-11:00 1/8 elimination round
11:00-12:00 Quarter-finals
12:00-12:30 Semifinals
15:30-15:45 Bronze medal match
15:45-16:00 Gold medal match
All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+3:00)
Source:
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Report

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Ranking and elimination rounds

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Michelle Kroppen and Lisa Unruh of Germany, Ksenia Perova of Russia, and Yasemin Anagoz of Turkey entered as the highest ranked archers in the World Archery rankings, Kroppen holding the highest position at world number five.[2]

The ranking round took place on the afternoon of 21 August, the opening day of the Games. Gabriela Bayardo topped the table with a new European Games record of 666 points, beating the previous record set by Unruh in 2015 by four points. The German trio of Kroppen, Unruh, and Elena Richter were forced to borrow bows from other competitors for the ranking round as their equipment had not arrived at the Olympic Sports Complex from the airport. Shooting with an unfamiliar bow is considered a disadvantage, and Unruh stated that they had one hour to learn the new bows before the competition commenced.[8][9] As a result, the German Shooting and Archery Federation commented that the three entered the elimination rounds from a weaker starting position, with the 1/16 elimination round seeing both Unruh meeting top seed Bayardo and Kroppen and Richter facing off in an all-German tie. Bayardo and Kroppen both emerged victorious to advance to the 1/8 elimination round, Kroppen stating afterwards that "[i]t's always a stupid feeling when you have to compete against a teammate very early... [o]f course it annoys me to send a teammate out of the race. I think this match was one of the hardest".[10]

The two medalists from the 2015 European Games contesting the event, Maja Jager of Denmark and Alicia Marín of Spain, each failed to progress far into the tournament. Jager, the silver medalist from 2015, was disappointed with her finish in the ranking round - her 20th place was described by Danish news agency Ritzau as a "modest" result - the Dane conceding afterwards that she struggled with the wind as well as her focus in the first half of the round.[11] With 2015 bronze medalist Marín seeded 13th, Jager's win in the opening round meant the two met in the 1/16 elimination round, a repeat of their semi-final match in Baku four years previously. Jager again emerged victorious with Marín struggling to maintain her form from the ranking round.[12] Jager was however eliminated in the following round by Inna Stepanova of Russia in a close match which saw the two tie scores in each of the five sets they played, Stepanova edging out Jager in the subsequent one-arrow shoot-off eight points to seven. With the elimination of Jager's teammates Anne Laursen and Randi Degn in the 1/32 round and the quarter-finals respectively, Denmark's participation in the event ended with them failing to add to their bronze medal victory in the women's team event.[13]

The progression of Italians Tatiana Andreoli and Lucilla Boari to the gold medal final was considered a surprise by OA Sports after the pair had underperformed in the women's team recurve event as well as the 2019 World Archery Championships held earlier that month.[14] Twelfth seed Andreoli shot strongly to defeat fifth seed Audrey Adiceom of France, fourth seed Stepanova, and top seed Bayardo in succession to reach the final, holding out in a double arrow shoot-off against the Frenchwoman and then recovering to come from behind to beat Stepanova in the quarter-finals. Boari meanwhile unexpectedly triumphed against Kroppen in the 1/8 elimination round before seeing off the third-seed Belarusian Karyna Kazlouskaya on her way to the semi-finals. The semi-final encounters, beginning at midday on 26 June, saw Andreoli capitalise on what OA Sports described as a "mediocre" display by Bayardo to win in four sets, while Boari delivered a comprehensive straight sets victory against Russia's Anna Balsukova to set up an all-Italian final.[14]

Medal matches

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As the two losing archers from the semi-finals, Bayardo and Balsukova met to contest the bronze medal match. Bayardo won the encounter in a convincing manner in four sets, admitting that she underperformed in the semi-final against Andreoli due to receiving the news that she successfully qualified a spot for the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It had been more than two decades since the last Dutch female participation at an Olympic archery event, when Lyudmila Arzhannikova and Christel Verstegen competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[4] Following her bronze medal win Bayardo reflected that "I was really excited. I wanted to cry. I was really happy. It was just a mix of emotions... [t]he time was too short and I needed to shoot, and I couldn’t handle that.”[15]

The gold medal final featuring Andreoli and Boari was the first all-Italian final played at such a high level in international archery.[16] The pair both started the match strongly, Andreoli scoring two consecutive 10s to take the first set before Boari held her nerve to tie the second set at 28-28. Andreoli however showed greater consistency over the next two sets, and with Boari faltering by shooting three sevens in her final six arrows, Andreoli shot a pair of 26 scores to wrap up the match and take the gold medal.[15]

The victory was Andreoli's first individual medal triumph at a senior competition, while Boari's silver was her second medal of the Games after winning gold with Mauro Nespoli in the mixed team recurve three days earlier.[16][17] Erik Nicolaysen of OA Sports considered the gold and silver medal successes for the Italian pair as a partial redemption of their poor performances leading into the event. He also wrote that despite her loss, Boari's runner-up finish was an encouraging sign for future events.[17] Boari nevertheless conceded that she had shot poorly, and Andreoli admitted that her personal target ahead of the competition had been to just reach the quarter-finals. She however attributed her victory to the accommodating conditions and her ability to find the right frame of mind, describing it as "the perfect day".[15][16]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and Games records were as follows:

  • 72 arrow ranking round
Athlete Score Location Date Ref
World record  Kang Chae-young (KOR) 691 Antalya, Turkey 21 May 2018 [18]
Continental record  Natalia Valeeva (ITA) 679 Brussels, Belgium 17 May 2004
Games record  Lisa Unruh (GER) 662 Baku, Azerbaijan 16 June 2015

The following new records were set:

Athlete Score Location Date Ref
Games record  Gabriela Bayardo (NED) 666 Minsk, Belarus 21 June 2019 [18]

Results

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Ranking round

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Key

  Advanced to 1/16 elimination round
  Advanced to 1/32 elimination round

Rank Archer Half Score 10s Xs
1st 2nd
1  Gabriela Bayardo (NED) 333 333 666 GR 29 11
2  Ksenia Perova (RUS) 329 333 662 30 14
3  Karyna Kazlouskaya (BLR) 326 328 654 25 11
4  Inna Stepanova (RUS) 329 323 652 24 7
5  Audrey Adiceom (FRA) 326 325 651 23 7
6  Lucilla Boari (ITA) 323 327 650 26 2
7  Anna Balsukova (RUS) 314 335 649 28 10
8  Karyna Dziominskaya (BLR) 323 325 648 27 7
9  Christine Bjerendal (SWE) 322 324 646 23 7
10  Yasemin Anagöz (TUR) 322 323 645 22 10
11  Michelle Kroppen (GER) 322 323 645 20 3
12  Tatiana Andreoli (ITA) 320 325 645 19 11
13  Alicia Marín (ESP) 312 332 644 24 4
14  Naomi Folkard (GBR) 323 319 642 21 5
15  Alexandra Mîrca (MDA) 313 328 641 26 6
16  Sarah Bettles (GBR) 322 318 640 22 10
17  Bryony Pitman (GBR) 321 319 640 22 6
18  Veronika Marchenko (UKR) 315 320 635 19 2
19  Vanessa Landi (ITA) 308 323 631 26 9
20  Maja Jager (DEN) 311 319 630 16 4
21  Hanna Marusava (BLR) 312 316 628 16 4
22  Elena Richter (GER) 313 314 627 11 4
23  Taru Kuoppa (FIN) 317 309 626 20 8
24  Anastasia Pavlova (UKR) 311 314 625 13 2
25  Aybüke Aktuna (TUR) 315 309 624 14 3
26  Sylwia Zyzańska (POL) 316 307 623 16 8
27  Laura Nurmsalu (EST) 312 311 623 13 4
28  Gülnaz Coşkun (TUR) 303 315 618 17 3
29  Maeve Reidy (IRL) 316 302 618 15 5
30  Tihana Kovačić (CRO) 305 312 617 18 5
31  Denisa Baránková (SVK) 311 304 615 15 5
32  Beatrice Mikloș (ROU) 293 317 610 17 7
33  Lisa Unruh (GER) 295 315 610 11 5
34  Randi Degn (DEN) 306 303 609 16 4
35  Evangelia Psarra (GRE) 306 303 609 11 2
36  Lidiia Sichenikova (UKR) 308 298 606 13 4
37  Anne Laursen (DEN) 315 290 605 14 3
38  Elisabeth Straka (AUT) 309 294 603 15 7
39  Tsiko Putkaradze (GEO) 295 307 602 13 2
40  Inga Timinskienė (LTU) 281 313 594 11 3
41  Charlotte Destrooper (BEL) 298 292 590 9 2
42  Ana Umer (SLO) 304 285 589 15 2
43  Ozay Gasımova (AZE) 289 297 586 9 5
44  Mikaella Kourouna (CYP) 296 288 584 9 2
45  Mina Šibalić (MNE) 302 268 570 7 1
46  Dobromira Danailova (BUL) 277 290 567 8 0
47  Iliana Deineko (SUI) 272 272 544 7 0
48  Ardita Zejnullahu (KOS) 242 258 500 4 1
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Elimination rounds

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Section 1

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1/32 elimination 1/16 elimination 1/8 elimination Quarterfinals
                                
1  Bayardo (NED) 7 30 29 27 27
33  Unruh (GER) 1 28 26 27 25
33  Unruh (GER) 6 27 26 26 28
32  Mikloș (ROU) 2 21 24 27 26
1  Bayardo (NED) 6 26 29 26 27
16  Bettles (GBR) 2 28 27 25 25
17  Pitman (GBR) 6 25 27 27
48  Zejnullahu (KOS) 0 6 19 25
17  Pitman (GBR) 4 28 28 26 28 24
16  Bettles (GBR) 6 27 25 29 30 26
1  Bayardo (NED) 6* 28 28 25 25 27
8  Dziominskaya (BLR) 5 27 28 27 25 27
9  Bjerendal (SWE) 0 26 23 23
24  Pavlova (UKR) 6 27 24 25
41  Destrooper (BEL) 5 20 21 25 29 25
24  Pavlova (UKR) 6* 24 29 25 26 24
24  Pavlova (UKR) 0 22 25 26
8  Dziominskaya (BLR) 6 24 27 28
25  Aktuna (TUR) 6* 25 26 25 24 26
40  Timinskienė (LTU) 5 24 25 26 24 27
25  Aktuna (TUR) 4 27 24 25 26 25
8  Dziominskaya (BLR) 6 25 25 27 24 28

Section 2

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1/32 elimination 1/16 elimination 1/8 elimination Quarterfinals
                                
5  Adiceom (FRA) 6 26 24 25 27 26
28  Coşkun (TUR) 4 24 27 26 24 24
37  Laursen (DEN) 2 24 24 26 25
28  Coşkun (TUR) 6 26 24 26 29
5  Adiceom (FRA) 5 28 24 26 27 28
12  Andreoli (ITA) 6* 28 23 28 28 27
21  Marusava (BLR) 6 29 24 27 28
44  Kourouna (CYP) 2 23 25 21 21
21  Marusava (BLR) 5 28 25 25 28 29
12  Andreoli (ITA) 6* 26 26 25 28 29
12  Andreoli (ITA) 6 28 28 26 28 28
4  Stepanova (RUS) 4 26 29 27 25 27
13  Marín (ESP) 4 25 28 26 27 17
20  Jager (DEN) 6 26 26 27 26 29
45  Šibalić (MNE) 4 29 20 29 18 23
20  Jager (DEN) 6 26 27 25 26 27
20  Jager (DEN) 5 26 26 27 28 27
4  Stepanova (RUS) 6* 26 26 27 28 27
29  Reidy (IRL) 6* 26 26 27 27 26
36  Sichenikova (UKR) 5 28 25 26 27 27
29  Reidy (IRL) 0 26 25 22
4  Stepanova (RUS) 6 29 27 27

Section 3

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1/32 elimination 1/16 elimination 1/8 elimination Quarterfinals
                                
3  Kazlouskaya (BLR) 6 26 24 27
30  Kovačić (CRO) 0 22 23 25
35  Psarra (GRE) 4 24 23 23 28 26
30  Kovačić (CRO) 6 27 24 22 24 27
3  Kazlouskaya (BLR) 6 27 24 27 27
14  Folkard (GBR) 2 27 22 27 26
19  Landi (ITA) 7 23 24 25 27
46  Danailova (BUL) 1 15 24 24 24
19  Landi (ITA) 3 24 27 27 24 25
14  Folkard (GBR) 7 27 26 27 26 26
3  Kazlouskaya (BLR) 2 25 28 24 23
6  Boari (ITA) 6 29 26 28 25
11  Kroppen (GER) 6 28 28 27 29
22  Richter (GER) 2 30 26 26 27
43  Gasımova (AZE) 0 22 24 22
22  Richter (GER) 6 26 25 26
11  Kroppen (GER) 2 24 24 25 24
6  Boari (ITA) 6 21 28 27 26
27  Nurmsalu (EST) 6 24 25 28 27 28
38  Straka (AUT) 4 27 26 26 26 22
27  Nurmsalu (EST) 2 26 29 24 25
6  Boari (ITA) 6 29 27 26 27

Section 4

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1/32 elimination 1/16 elimination 1/8 elimination Quarterfinals
                                
7  Balsukova (RUS) 6 26 27 28
39  Putkaradze (GEO) 0 25 24 22
39  Putkaradze (GEO) 6 24 20 28 27 24
26  Zyzańska (POL) 4 23 24 22 30 22
7  Balsukova (RUS) 6 28 29 25
23  Kuoppa (FIN) 0 27 24 23
23  Kuoppa (FIN) 6 30 25 29
42  Umer (SLO) 0 27 24 25
23  Kuoppa (FIN) 6 26 29 29
10  Anagöz (TUR) 0 21 28 27
7  Balsukova (RUS) 7 27 28 27 26
34  Degn (DEN) 1 27 27 24 19
15  Mîrca (MDA) 2 25 24 28 27
18  Marchenko (UKR) 6 30 27 27 28
47  Deineko (SUI) 0 17 16 26
18  Marchenko (UKR) 6 22 26 27
18  Marchenko (UKR) 4 27 25 25 27 27
34  Degn (DEN) 6 26 29 22 28 28
31  Baránková (SVK) 2 25 22 26 29
34  Degn (DEN) 6 26 26 26 29
34  Degn (DEN) 6* 28 25 27 28 26
2  Perova (RUS) 5 27 27 28 27 26

Note: An asterisk (*) denotes a win from a one-arrow shoot-off
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Finals

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Semifinals Gold medal match
                
1  Gabriela Bayardo (NED) 2 25 24 26 25
12  Tatiana Andreoli (ITA) 6 28 25 24 28
12  Tatiana Andreoli (ITA) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 28 28 26 26
6  Lucilla Boari (ITA) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 25 28 22 25
6  Lucilla Boari (ITA) 6 27 27 26
7  Anna Balsukova (RUS) 0 25 24 25 Bronze medal match
1  Gabriela Bayardo (NED) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 30 28 26 27
7  Anna Balsukova (RUS) 1 24 24 26 25

Source:[19]

See also

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References

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