ELLISON and KI won Longines Prize for Precision 2012
Tokyo – 23 September 2012
 
The two top ranked archers in the world, Brady ELLISON (USA) and KI Bo Bae (KOR) won the Longines Prize for Precision 2012 at the end of the World Cup Final in Tokyo. It is ELLISON second victory in the Prize.
 
Longines Prize for Precision
The Longines Prize for Precision for archery was launched in 2010. The two most precise archers during the World Cup season from two categories will win the trophy, a watch and 5,000 Swiss francs. The prize alternates between the recurve and compound categories each year, and in 2012 the recurve athletes who shoot the most 10s during all individual qualifications and matches as of the 1/16 eliminations of the World Cup will win the Longines Prize for Precision.
 
Recurve Men
On the men’s side, Brady ELLISON repeated as the winner of the Longines Prize. He won the first edition in Edinburgh 2010. ELLISON is ranked No. 1 in the world in Recurve Men. After two victories at World Cup Final in 2010 and 2011, he finished 2nd to KIM Woojin at the 2012 edition in Tokyo. Over the course of the World Cup season, ELLISON scored 173 tens to win the Longines Prize for Precision. Gael PREVOST (FRA) finished 2nd in the ranking with 154 tens and IM Dong Hyun (KOR) 3rd with 147. The top 10 ranked athletes right now are listed below:
 
Archers
Country
Number of 10's
 
1
Ellison Brady
USA
173
2
Prevost Gael
France
154
3
Im Dong Hyun
Korea
147
4
Kim Woojin
Korea
135
5
Hrachov Dmytro
Ukraine
125
6
Rai Tarundeep
India
122
6
Rodriguez Juan I.
Spain
122
8
Nespoli Mauro
Italy
119
9
Mohamad Khairul Anuar
Malaysia
118
10
Cheng Chu Sian
Malaysia
117
 
On the women’s side, the No. 1 in the world KI Bo Bae has had the best summer of her career winning double gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Tokyo World Cup Final and the Longines Prize for Precision! In Tokyo, she beat Deepika KUMARI of India in the title match. During the season, she scored 120 tens for the Longines Prize for Precision! She was followed by CHOI Hyeonju (KOR) with 103 tens and Jennifer NICHOLS with 98. The top 10 ranked women archers are:
 
 
Archers
Country
Number of 10's
 
1
Ki Bo Bae
Korea
120
2
Choi Hyeonju
Korea
103
3
Nichols Jennifer
USA
98
4
Perova Ksenia
Russia
92
5
Lee Sung Jin
Korea
90
6
Lorig Khatuna
USA
84
7
Valencia Alejandra
Mexico
81
7
Xu Jing
P.R. China
81
9
Chang Hye Jin
Korea
80
10
10
Leek Miranda
Natalia Valeeva
USA
Italy
79
79
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The complete rankings are here.
 
In Tokyo, the Longines brand director in Japan Mr Minoru AMANO awarded the winners with the Longines Prize.
 
Last year the compound athletes Rodger WILLET JR and Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) won it. In 2010, the Prize went to Brady ELLISON and Justyna MOSPINEK (POL).
 
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