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Athlete of the Week: CHENG Ming (CHN)
Lausanne – 7 October 2011
The 25-year old Chinese archer CHENG Ming won the recurve women's World Cup Final 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. Since she started competing on the World Cup circuit in 2010, she has won eight medals (individual, team and mixed team altogether) in stages, including three gold, two silver and three bronze. The Chinese is ranked 7th in the world.
CHENG did not qualify in the Chinese team for this year's World Championships that took place in July in Turin, Italy. But she overcame disappointment and won her first World Cup stage in individual in August in Ogden. It was her victory in the USA that assured her of a spot for the Istanbul Final where won the title.
In 2010, she won two gold medals, in team and mixed team, at Stage 2 in Antalya, Turkey. The same year, she was also individual and team silver medallist at the Asian Games.
In the first week of October 2011, CHENG shot in the Olympic Test Event in London, where she was 18th after the ranking round. Seeded No. 3 in the team event, CHENG and her teammates FANG Yuting and XU Jing defeated Poland in quarterfinals and the host country Great Britain in semifinals. The Chinese then lost the gold medal match to the favourite No. 1 team Korea and clinched silver in London.
In the individual event in London, the World Cup champion was happy to come out the winner in her first match against Sinead CUTHBERT (IRL), 6-4, despite shooting 24 points only in the fifth set. However, luck went over to the other side in 1/16 elimination, where CHENG was defeated by Ksenia PEROVA (RUS) after a shoot-off.
Biography Extract:
CHENG Ming (CHN) – Born 11 February 1986 1st Individual World Cup Final Istanbul 2011 1st Individual World Cup Stage 3 Ogden 2011 3rd Team World Cup Stage 3 Ogden 2011 2nd Individual Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 2nd Team Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 2nd Team World Cup Stage 4 Shanghai 2010 3rd Team World Cup Stage 3 Ogden 2010 1st Team World Cup Stage 2 Antalya 2010 1st Mixed Team World Cup Stage 2 Antalya 2010 3rd Team World Cup Stage 1 Porec 2010 2nd Mixed Team World Cup Stage 1 Porec 2010
Find more information on CHENG Ming (and all other archers) at the World Archery website.
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The 25-year old Chinese archer CHENG Ming won the recurve women's World Cup Final 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. Since she started competing on the World Cup circuit in 2010, she has won eight medals (individual, team and mixed team altogether) in stages, including three gold, two silver and three bronze. The Chinese is ranked 7th in the world.
CHENG did not qualify in the Chinese team for this year's World Championships that took place in July in Turin, Italy. But she overcame disappointment and won her first World Cup stage in individual in August in Ogden. It was her victory in the USA that assured her of a spot for the Istanbul Final where won the title.
In 2010, she won two gold medals, in team and mixed team, at Stage 2 in Antalya, Turkey. The same year, she was also individual and team silver medallist at the Asian Games.
In the first week of October 2011, CHENG shot in the Olympic Test Event in London, where she was 18th after the ranking round. Seeded No. 3 in the team event, CHENG and her teammates FANG Yuting and XU Jing defeated Poland in quarterfinals and the host country Great Britain in semifinals. The Chinese then lost the gold medal match to the favourite No. 1 team Korea and clinched silver in London.
In the individual event in London, the World Cup champion was happy to come out the winner in her first match against Sinead CUTHBERT (IRL), 6-4, despite shooting 24 points only in the fifth set. However, luck went over to the other side in 1/16 elimination, where CHENG was defeated by Ksenia PEROVA (RUS) after a shoot-off.
Biography Extract:
CHENG Ming (CHN) – Born 11 February 1986 1st Individual World Cup Final Istanbul 2011 1st Individual World Cup Stage 3 Ogden 2011 3rd Team World Cup Stage 3 Ogden 2011 2nd Individual Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 2nd Team Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 2nd Team World Cup Stage 4 Shanghai 2010 3rd Team World Cup Stage 3 Ogden 2010 1st Team World Cup Stage 2 Antalya 2010 1st Mixed Team World Cup Stage 2 Antalya 2010 3rd Team World Cup Stage 1 Porec 2010 2nd Mixed Team World Cup Stage 1 Porec 2010
Find more information on CHENG Ming (and all other archers) at the World Archery website.
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