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The Hyundai World Archery Para Championships will be held immediately before the main World Championships, from the 3rd to the 9th June 2019, on the same field. Preliminary entries for the 2019 World Archery Para Championships numbered 304 from 48 countries. The event acts as the primary qualification tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. A total of 260 para athletes from 46 countries competed in the last para championships that was also a Paralympic qualifier, held in Donaueschingen, Germany in 2015. This event looks likely to top that in numbers. The last para championships were held in Beijing in 2017. Zahra Nemati, one of the most successful para archers of all time, is competing in both the World Championships and the World Para Championships.
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There are several other big archery nations that could produce the results. Perhaps the most interesting are the disciplined and worldclass squads appearing from Asian nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Kazakhstan, alongside the usual powerhouses of Korea, Chinese Taipei, China, and Japan. The world of elite archery is definitely still focused towards the East – although the big Western nations will hope to have plenty to say in the Netherlands.
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Aida Roman, Mariana Avitia, Alejandra Valencia, Angel Alvarado, Luis Alvarez and Ernesto Boardman have been named to Mexico’s recurve women’s and men’s teams for both the 's-Hertogenbosch Championships and Lima 2019 Pan American Games. The women's team is identical to the team that competed at the 2012 London Olympics, and suggests that no newer talents have come through the Mexican system recently. The nation has had significant issues within the sport at Olympic level in recent years.
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Reigning world champion Sebastien Peineau is set to defend his title in Den Bosch after France named its compound teams for the upcoming international season. “It feels great to be in the team and have the opportunity to defend my title from Mexico,” he said. “I know that if it’s a good week, I can
perform and have a good run. I also know that it can end really fast with the precision we’ve reached in our category," he said. Peineau beat Stephan Hansen of Denmark, who was the returning world champion at the time, in a shoot-off in the gold medal match at the worlds in Mexico City in 2017. He will be joined by Pierre-Julien Deloche and Jean Philippe Boulch. Deloche was runnerup at the world championships back in 2013. Sophie Dodemont, Clemence Fraigneau and Sandra Herve are the compound women’s team.
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star of all, Deepika Kumari, has never quite topped her gold medal performance at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010, although she remains perhaps the strongest chance for an individual medal. India’s recurve team for the Archery World Championships was selected on 16th March after three days of trial at the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar. The men’s team is composed of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav while Deepika Kumari, L Bombayla Devi and Komalika Bari make up the women’s team. Archers Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das announced their engagement earlier this year. The compound team is not yet settled, after further turmoil in the Indian squad and a doping allegation levelled at one member. It remains to be seen exactly who will attend.
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