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.
