The mixed compound team, composed by Paola Natale and Federico Pagnoni, won bronze against Denmark di Tanja Gellenthien e Mathias Fullerton. The blues, trained by coach Flavio Valesella, have always kept on 10 e they dominated the match from start to finish. The partial, indeed, they recite: 40-37; 40-40; 40-40. The precision in the shot allowed the Italian duo to always maintain a three-point advantage over their opponents, thus concluding the match 159-156. The category was finally won by the Russian delegation, able to overtake Colombia by only one point, 157 to 156 to be precise.
In compound maschile individual third career podium for the Indian Abhishek Verma, capable of defeating in the semifinals the tenacious Bulaev (Russia) e then the ultimate favorite Chris Schaff (USA). For Verma this is the second world gold, after that of Wroclaw 2015, and the third world medal after the silver in Salt Lake City 2018. Precisely these two statements had qualified him, in recent years, to the Finals of the Archery World Cup, respectively closed in second and third place. To the microphones he declared: “I’m excited. We have waited a long time, at least two years, and now we are returning home with a great victory. It is very nice to me. This is the meaning of archery: sometimes you lose, some other times you win. For this time I checked myself, checked my rising heart rate and many other things in my mind. I told myself to stay calm and focus on my shot, and I did“.
Only third the Dutch and number one in the world ranking Mike Schloesser.
In female compoundinstead Colombian derby for gold between the compatriots Sara Lopez and Alejandra Usquiano. The latter, in the end, had to surrender to the best precision of Lopez who, with the gold she had just won, reached the Finals of this edition of the World Cup. Here are his words at the end of the races: “I am happy on the one hand but, on the other, I am sorry because I won against a teammate of mine. We wanted to finish the shoot-off. We have shown the best possible match in a long time now, so it was a very strong performance for both of us. At the Finals I will also represent Alejandra with all my heart“.
