Austria’s Nico Wiener, reigning Hyundai Archery World Cup Final Champion and a multiple world champion in field and 3D competition, led the compound men’s field with a huge 1007 out of a maximum 1056 points. Wiener was the second seed at last week’s World Field Championships, although he went out in the last 16 of the individual competition.
The compound women’s list was headed by Ingrid Ronacher, also of Austria, with 968. Ronacher won this event in 2019 and medalled in 2022 and 2024.
Klaes Andersen of Denmark, the silver medallist at last year’s European 3D Championships, was the best longbow men’s archer with 838, while Cecile Lafaurie of France was the top longbow woman archer on 730. Lafaurie is a former barebow winner of the Nimes tournament.
Zibrandt Christensen, also of Denmark and the 2017 champion, led the traditional bow men’s list with 913, while Claudia Weinberger of Austria, the 2022 champion, led the women’s list with 804.
The competition continues with individual eliminations to take the field to the last 16 on Wednesday evening, followed by knockout eliminations in both individual and team competition on Thursday.
