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World Archery Asia releases continental event schedule for 2023

World Archery Asia has released a preliminary calendar of continental events for 2023.

The tentative schedule respects the international blocks announced by World Archery for the 2021-2024 seasons and includes an Asian Championships, three Asia Cup legs and the rescheduled Asian Games.

Hangzhou was initially scheduled to host the Asian and Para Asian Games in 2022 but the multisport events were delayed, along with the World University Games, due to ongoing pandemic measures in China.

The Asian Games and Asian Championships will act as continental qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The qualifying period starts with the 2023 Hyundai World Archery Championships in Berlin next summer.

World Archery Asia is also expected to host its congress during the championships in Thailand.
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China have secured a full quota of six in archery, three in men’s event and three in women’s, for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the 2019 World Archery Championships in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

According to the qualification standard, the top eight finishers in the recurve team’s event of each gender win three places for Tokyo 2020.

China defeated India 6-2 on Sunday to win their first-ever world championship in recurve men’s team event, therefore securing three spots in men’s event at the Olympics.

China’s Wei Shaoxuan takes the final shot during the recurve men’s team event final between China and India at the 2019 Archery World Championships on Jun 16, 2019 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. [Photo: CCTV]

“I’m very honoured to be on the stage of the world championships and I’m very proud to represent China by winning this honour,” Wei Shaoxuan was quoted as saying by the official website of World Archery.

World No. 1 South Korea frustrated hosts the Netherlands 5-3 to win a bronze.

In the women’s team event, Chinese Taipei made a breakthrough winning maiden world title as they upset world record holders South Korea 6-2 in the final. Semifinalists China secured full quota for Tokyo 2020 despite a bitter 5-4 loss to Britain in the bronze final.

“Before we came here, our goal was to win all six quotas and let our athletes gain experience through the matches,” China’s team manager Xiao Haopeng told Xinhua. “The world championships experience will help us identify problems and make adjustment in future training.”
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BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s Zhang Mengyao won the girls’ recurve individual archery gold medal at the Youth Olympics by beating Spain’s Elia Canales in the final here on Tuesday.

Zhang Mengyao of China competes during Archery Women’s Recurve Individual Semifinal