Ten countries secure archery spots for European Games
By Nigar Orujova
Ten countries have each secured three men's and three women's
Archery spots for the Baku 2015 European Games.
Belarus, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia,
Spain, Turkey and Ukraine all earned three quota places per gender
for Baku 2015 during the European Grand Prix in Marathon.
The competition in Greece was the last qualifying tournament for
the European Games. Baku 2015 host country Azerbaijan also has
three spots for both men and women.
Slovenia and Norway both grabbed three men's spots for Baku 2015
while Denmark, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece and Switzerland each
earned three quota places in the women's competition.
To round out the men's field for Baku 2015, these are the following
countries with one quota place each: Armenia, Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia,
Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Luxembourg,
Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland,
Iceland (Universality place), Kosovo (Universality place) and
Serbia (Universality place).
The women's field is completed by the following countries, all with
one quota spot: Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia,
Finland, Ireland, Kosovo, Latvia, Moldova, Norway, Romania,
Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden and Lithuania (Universality place).
The individual awards in Marathon were dominated by Italy as a trio
of Italians finished on the podium in the women's Recurve. Claudia
Mandia won the competition with Sara Violi taking second and
Guendalina Sartori grabbing third place.
The men's Recurve was won by Ukraine's two-time Olympian Markiyan
Ivashko while Italian David Pasqualucci and Marco Morello claimed
silver and bronze respectively. The men's Recurve team was won by
Belarus while Netherlands picked up the silver and Ukraine the
bronze.
Georgia won the women's Recurve team gold with Greece claiming the
silver and Italy the bronze.
Ukraine captured gold in the Recurve mixed team - which will be
competed at Baku 2015 - with Great Britain winning the silver and
Georgia securing the bronze.
An exciting and innovative new multi-sport event of the continent will include 20 sports, 16 of which are Olympic, during the 17 days of competition in June 12-28. 6,000 athletes will prove themselves in Baku.
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Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar
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