A busy day last Sunday 22 May for the two Byzantines in the race, who, despite a very hot week, had to fight with the low temperatures and the rain that fell persistently for almost the entire duration of the race.
The difficult weather conditions have in fact made the course, already very technical in itself, a real nightmare as regards the impervious and slippery, given the extreme slopes both uphill and downhill (up to 45%).
This did not prevent the Giallorossi from achieving the result and to treat themselves and give the company two other excellent results: both finish in the lead in the qualifying phase in their respective divisions and categories, winning the title of Regional class champion per the Olympic master arch male Tozzola and the title of Regional class champion per the female master nude bow la Padovanithus accessing the final phase of the individual clashes.
Clashes that took place in the late afternoon after the return of all patrols.
Nothing in the semifinals for Marcello Tozzola who defends himself against the European Campaign Champion Luca Palazzi failing to take advantage of his big mistake, returning the favor and losing 51-46.
Tozzola recovers in the final for the bronze against Draghetti who dominates the first three distances, but in the long distance, the final 60 meters, he must give way to the Byzantine who imposes a peremptory 5-4-4 against a 3-3-1 . Tozzola thus wins the absolute bronze medal for the men’s Olympic arc, taking third place from Draghetti for just one point 46-45.
Nothing to do instead for Angela Padovani, who, tried by a day of cold and rain, is unable to give the best of herself, playing both the semifinal and final phases, far below her abilities and giving, literally, good medal chances. She closes with the 4th place overall for the female nude arch.
On Sunday the Byzantine Archers were also protagonists on another “unofficial” competition field. After two years of forced stop, the historian is back “Trophy of the Ring” competition organized within the event “The wedding of the sea” in Cervia.
The last edition of 2019 had marked the yellow-red hegemony, with three podiums out of three. Also in this edition the Giallorossi defended themselves well, arriving in three, Simone Pizzi, Massimo Venturi and Mirko Sebastian Grassi, up to the final stages with the smallest targets.
The best result is the 4th place of Mirko Sebastian Grassi.
