After kicking off the 2008 FITA World
Cup in Santo Domingo, more than 360 athletes gathered in
Porec, Croatia for the second leg of the crowd-favorite
event.
Team
Shibuya set an exceptional track record in Santo Domingo
- World Champion Natalia Valeeva and her national
teammate Ilario Di Buo both topping the recurve
divisions - but they upped the ante for the second
event.
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In the recurve
division, a whopping 5 out of 6 individual medals were
won with Shibuya sights. Reigning World Champion Im
Dong-Hyun beat 2006 World Cup Winner Park Kyung-Mo for
the Bronze Medal, while Rahul Banerjee of India marked
an impressive second place, after having finished 18th
in the qualification.
A battle of two legendary
archers took place in the ladies' bronze final, where
Park Sung-Hyun defeated Natalia Valeeva. It was a
reenactment of the 44th world championships' finals last
year, where Valeeva had taken the gold. She is currently
using Ultima Sights and a Shibuya Stabilizer
System.
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Men's Compound Gold Medalist
Sergio Pagni (ITA) |
Women's
Compound Gold Medalist Amandine Bouillot
(FRA) |
Shibuya's Ultima CP sight showed a
strong following in the compound division, where 3 out
of the 6 individual medals were won by Team Shibuya
Members! Sergio Pagni followed up his first-place wins
at the Nimes European Indoor and the FITA European
Indoor Championships with a win in Croatia.
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He beat
fellow Team Shibuya Member and 2007 World Cup Finalist
Roberval Dos Santos 116-111 to claim the gold medal.
Amandine Bouillot of France clinched a 1-point victory
in the compound ladies' final, making Team Shibuya's
medal haul complete.
Bouillot and her fellow Team Shibuya members are
already poised for another strong performance in the
next leg of the World Cup, to be held in Antalya,
Turkey, 27-31 May 2008. |
