1986 Copenhagen, Denmark | Официальный сайт QubicaAMF
It was an all-Swedish affair when the AMF Bowling World Cup made its second appearance in Copenhagen.
Annette Hagre, a 34-year-old secretary from Malmo, demolished just about every record en route to victory in the women's division. Peter Ljung, a 20-year-old rookie from northern Sweden, took the men's title.
Both champions had amazing stories to tell of their paths to victory. Hagre had endured a long and difficult operation to remove a ganglion in her bowling wrist a few months before the tournament. She didn't begin practicing until about a month before Copenhagen, but still managed to lead the field at Rodovre Bowling Center every day but one, with a 200-plus average. Hagre finally dispatched Rebecca Watanabe of the Philippines in the two-game title match, 405-393.
Ljung's story was even more astonishing. An out-of-work youngster from a bleak village, he learned to bowl without an instructor or even a how-to book. Who would have guessed that a floppy-haired Scandinavian would be the one to deny Paeng Nepomuceno his third Bowling World Cup crown, and by a score of 413-392? Ironically enough, Ljung was the same age -19 - as Nepomuceno when the Filipino star won his first World Cup.
