The Italian national archery team is ready to face the outdoo European Championships from tomorrowr of Munich.
The Azzurri have arrived in Germany and have already celebrated the re-election of President Scarzella as head of the European federation.
European: the program
Just today the 296 archers enrolled representing 40 nations will begin to familiarize themselves with the competition field through the official test shots of the event. The European Championships will officially start tomorrow, Tuesday 7 June, with the compound’s 72 ranking round arrows in the morning and the Olympic ones in the afternoon determining the scoreboards of the head-to-head matches. Wednesdayafter the arrows valid for the first two individual elimination rounds, the mixed team race will start with all the clashes up to the semifinals. Thursday in the morning the team competitions will start with the matches from the round of 16 to the semifinals, while in the afternoon the matches of the individual draws will be completed up to assigning the places in the final. The Friday it will be a very important day because the tournament that assigns the first places for the European Games in Krakow 2023 will be staged. Over the weekend there will be a shooting to crown the new European champions: the Saturday will be dedicated to the finals compoundthe Sunday to those ofOlympic.
The Azzurri
It is the fourth international away match of the outdoor season for the Azzurri who in the first two stages of the World Cup won two silvers thanks to the men’s team of the Olympic arc, while at the European Grand Prix they managed to win 7 medals (4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze). Among those called up Mauro Medlar (Air Force) and Lucilla Boari (Fiamme Oro), the two medalists at the last Olympics both fifth in the world ranking and, for the first time away with the “able-bodied”, the Paralympic blue Elisabetta My O (Blue Flames). The recurvo group will also see Alessandro on the firing line Paoli (Blue Flames), Federico Musolesi (Air Force) and Tatiana Andreoli (Blue Flames). In the compound the owners are Marco Bruno (Arcieri Juvenilia) Fregnan (Archers of Torrazzo), Valerio Della Stua (Solese archers), Elisa Roner (Kosmos Rovereto), Marcella Tonioli (Archers Montalcino) and Sara Ret (Archers Cormons). The Azzurri will have Federal Councilor Elena as head of delegation Forte together with the DT of the Olympic National Team Giorgio Bangi coach Matteo Bisiani and Amedeo Tonellithe TD of the Flavio compound Valesellathe psychologist Manolo Cattari and the physiotherapist Andrea Rossi.
