The Baku 2015 archery competition will host a swathe of Olympic, world and European champions. With the 2015 world championship taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, little more than a month after Baku 2015, the first European Games will provide a terrific opportunity for archers to fire a warning shot to their rivals. A clutch of Olympians,…
A focus on the hosts team at European Games – Baku 2015. Women Team changes Replacement archer Leila FAZILOVA (AZE) has herself been replaced just days after being named on the team for the Baku 2015 European Games after accusations her husband, the Azerbaijan assistant team coach Natiq FAZILOV (AZE), had used his influence to include his wife…
Something to know about Archery event at 1st European Games – Baku 2015. TURKEY Two Turkish teenage archers face a trans-Atlantic dash to make the start of the Baku 2015 European Games archery tournament. Mete GAZOZ (TUR) and Yasemin ANAGOZ (TUR), both 16 years old, have been competing in the 2015 World Archery Youth Championships in Yankton, South…
Our journey around Europe makes a stop in Baku (Azerbaijan) for the 1st European Games. CITY Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national…
Countdown is over! At 21,00 h Local Time (Baku is UTC +5) the European Games – Baku 2015 will begin officially with the Opening Ceremony at Olympic Stadium. If you are not in Baku, you can follow LIVE the Ceremony on official Sport TV Channel all around Europe or on baku2015.com Live Streaming. Here the links: –…
A snapshot of the archery competition in numbers. 720 Maximum number of points that can be scored in Qualification Round. 699 World Record scored by Dong-hyun IM (KOR) at the London 2012 Olympic Games. 682 World Record scored by Sung-hyun PARK (KOR) at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. 620 Minimum qualification score…
European Games – Baku 2015: first step in the Road to Olympic Games – Rio 2016. The ranking points awarded at Baku 2015 are the equivalent of European Championships level and are included on the world ranking list. Ranking points can be earned for one of the 128 quota places for Rio. The national teams will choose which athletes from…
Baku 2015 European Games today signed a broadcast deal for coverage of the inaugural event in Croatia. Baku 2015 competitions, which will take place between 12-28 June, will feature for 10 hours a day on the free-to-air Sportska Televizija (SPTV), which became the first television channel to be launched by a National Olympic Committee in…
Even the rain has stopped the young archers involved in the 1st leg of the European Youth Cup Circuit 2015 in Klagenfurt (AUT) last week. Working for the main event of this season: the World Archery Youth Championships in Yankton (USA), in June. At the end of four days of competition, this are the medalists:…
After a not easy week in Almere (NED), due to some rain during competition, the World Para-Archery Ranking Event is over. First international step of 2015 and, of course, in the road to World Para-Archery Championships 2015 in Germany (in August) and to Rio 2016. This are the Medalists: Recurve Open Men Team Gold –…
