LEIPZIG, JULY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The World Archery Championship finished on July 21 in the German city of Leipzig. Those taking the 1-30th places were given permits to take part in the Beijing-2008 Olympic Games. In the competition among 173 sportsmen of 78 countries (exercise M-1) representatives of Armenia, Hovhannes Petrosian and Andranik Shahnazarian got over the preliminary stage and were included in the first final (with 128 participants). Hovhannes Petrosian in the competition with world record-holder Rahiv Vanerjey (India) gained 1254 points and took the 102th place. His rival was the 14th with 1330 points. Andranik Shahnazarian competed with David Barnes (Australia), who took the 27th place with 1317 points. A. Shahnazarian gained 1243 points and took the 115th place. The Armenian archers' last hope to gain the permit for Beijing-2008 is the Europe Championship to be held in June 2008.

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