The world’s top archers continue to battle it out in the fourth and final stage of the Meteksan Archery World Cup in Boe, France. The men’s and women’s individual categories progress today with elimination competitions in four divisions – Compound Women, Compound Men, Recurve Women and Recurve Men.
The top four archers in the world for each category will proceed to the 2008 Archery World Cup Final in Lausanne, Switzerland in September. The first three stages of the World Cup have already taken place in the Dominican Republic and Croatia in April and in Turkey at the end of May. At the World Cup Final in Lausanne athletes will compete in semi-final rounds and then shoot bronze and gold medal matches.
In today’s individuals’ elimination round, the top 64 archers in each category pair off in a head-to-head, single elimination competition. In this round archers have 4 minutes to shoot 6 arrows for a maximum score of 120. Archers with the highest score advance to finals on Saturday.
The final qualification tournament for the 2008 Beijing Olympics will take place on Thursday, June 26. Five Olympic places are up for grabs in this final tournament and open to all countries/regions that do not already have quota places gained in other tournaments. A total of 128 athletes will compete in the summer Olympics in men’s and women’s individual and team archery events.
Meteksan World Cup
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
QUALIFICATION RESULTS
| Event | Ranking | Name | NOC | Score |
| Recurve Men | 1 | Viktor Ruban | UKR | 676 |
| 2 | Furukawa Takaharu | JPN | 672 | |
| 3 | Lee Chang Hwan | KOR | 669 | |
| Recurve Women | 1 | Park Sung Hyun | KOR | 670 |
| 2 | Yun Ok Hee | KOR | 665 | |
| 3 | Zhang Juanjuan | CHN | 664 | |
| Compound Men | 1 | Peter Elzinga | NED | 709 |
| 2 | Martin Damsbo | DEN | 705 | |
| 3 | Dominique Genet | FRA | 704 | |
| Compound Women | 1 | Jamie Van Natta | USA | 690 |
| 2 | Anna Kazantseva | RUS | 687 | |
| 3 | Amandine Bouillot | FRA | 685 | |
| Recurve Men’s Team | 1 | KOR | 1987 | |
| 2 | AUS | 1975 | ||
| 3 | UKR | 1966 | ||
| Recurve Women’s Team | 1 | KOR | 1996 | |
| 2 | CHN | 1937 | ||
| 3 | ITA | 1934 | ||
| Compound Men’s Team | 1 | FRA | 2102 | |
| 2 | CAN | 2070 T138:59 | ||
| 3 | AUS | 2070 T135:55 | ||
| Compound Women’s Team | 1 | RUS | 2036 | |
| 2 | FRA | 2027 | ||
| 3 | IRI | 2020 |