Gerardo Rodríguez from Tampico, for Archery athlete, won the silver medal for men’s teams and bronze for mixed teams in the “Chicago Para-Archery Championships World Ranking Event 2023”, which took place in the city of Chicago, Illinois in the United States United States of America, against high-level rivals.
It is worth mentioning that Gerardo Rodríguez from Buenos Aires had a good group with his teammates Omar Echeverría and Lya Sánchez from both teams, where they beat Korea in the men’s semifinal.
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However, in the grand final they lost to the hosts United States; while in the mixed, in the semifinal they lost to Korea, but they beat Peru to stay in third place.
He was fourth and fifth place in individual
This tournament “Chicago Para-Archery Championships World Ranking Event 2023” served for the man from Tampico to position himself in the world ranking.
In his individual participation, he was classified in fourth place in the contest with a total of 660 points; and in the elimination round, he lost to his counterpart from Korea by score of 136 to 135, staying in fifth place in the men’s category.
Jorge Payán as coach got silver and fourth place
On the other hand, the Archery coach from Tampico, who arrived as selector of the W2 compound women’s branch, directing Lya Sánchez, who was left with the fourth overall place with a total of 646 units, where in the round of 16 they won to the United States, in the quarterfinals they defeated Peru.
However, in the semifinals they lost to Brazil and in the dispute for bronze, there was a tie 130-130 going to the tiebreaker arrow, both shooting at 9 points, however, the Asian was 1 millimeter away, taking third place.
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While for W2 women’s teams, they played the grand final against the United States, where unfortunately for their cause they fell, keeping the silver medal.
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Despite not getting the gold medals, Gerardo Rodríguez from Tampico and coach Jorge Payán obtained very good results in the “Chicago Para-Archery Championships World Ranking Event 2023”, which invites them to continue improving day after day in this discipline, to the following competencies that they will have in the short and medium term.
2023-08-08 20:05:53
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