ARCHERY Preview: Ellison and Kang back for Second World Cup in Shanghai

After taking the headlines at the season opener in Medellin (COL) with wins in the Recurve divisions, American Brady Ellison and Korea’s Chae-Young Kang are back to try to make it two in a row at the second World Archery World Cup in Shanghai (CHN).

Competition began on Tuesday morning with qualifying; the Compound finals will be on Saturday and the Recurve finals on Sunday. A total of 295 archers from 38 nations are expected to compete, with numerous headline performers:

Men/Recurve:
● Takaharu Furukawa (JPN) ~ 2015 World Championships bronze medalist
● Woo-Jin Kim (KOR) ~ 2015 World Champion
● Woo-Seok Lee (KOR) ~ World Cup I runner-up in Medellin
● Steve Wijler (NED) ~ 2017 World Championships bronze medalist
● Rick van der Ven (NED) ~ 2015 World Championships silver medalist
● Sjef van den Berg (NED) ~ 2018 World Indoor Champion
● Chun-Heng Wei (TPE) ~ 2017 World Championships silver medalist
Brady Ellison (USA) ~ World Cup 1 winner in Medellin; 2016 Rio silver medalist

Men/Compound:
● Jong-Ho Kim (KOR) ~ 2018 Shanghai World Cup winner
Braden Gellenthien (USA) ~ 2017 Worlds bronze medalist
Kris Schaff (USA) ~ 2017 Worlds Team bronze medalist

Women/Recurve:
● Chae-Young Kang (KOR) ~ World Cup I winner in Medellin
● Mi-Sun Choi (KOR) ~ 2015 World Championships bronze medalist
● Hye-Jin Chang (KOR) ~ 2016 Olympic Champion; 2017 Worlds silver medalist
● Ksenia Perova (RUS) ~ 2017 World Champion
● Ya-Ting Tan (TPE) ~ 2017 World Championships bronze medalist
Khatuna Lorig (USA) ~ Age 45: Olympian at USSR (92)-Georgia (96-00)-USA (08-12)
Mackenzie Brown (USA) ~ 2016 Indoor World Cup Final silver medalist

Women/Compound:
● Sarah Prieels (BEL) ~ 2016 World Indoor Championships bronze medalist
● Tanja Jensen (DEN) ~ 2017 World Cup Final silver medalist
● Yesim Bostan (TUR) ~ 2017 World Championships silver medalist
Alexis Ruiz (USA) ~ World Cup Medellin bronze medalist
Jamie Van Natta (USA) ~ 2008-12 World Cup Final Champion

Look for results here.