The fourth and last stage of the 2023 World Cup, before the finals in Mexico (September 9 and 10) opened this Wednesday for the Olympic archers (recurve bow), with the qualifications then the first round of the individual draws at the Charléty stadium . The event will serve, this weekend for the finals at the Invalides, as a test-event for the 2024 Olympics.
Lisa Barbelin produced the best performance, 5th in qualifying and therefore exempted from the first individual round. The men’s team and the mixed team (Barbelin and Baptiste Addis), 6th after the qualifications (ranking according to the accumulation of individual performances), also reach the second round directly.
Five Blues individually
Four other Frenchmen continue their individual journey: Baptiste Addis, winner of the Hong Konger Yip Tin Long 6-0, will face the Brazilian Matheus Zwick Ely, Romain Fichet will meet the Chilean Andres Aguilar after defeating the Ivorian Franck Eyeni (6- 0), Jean-Charles Valladont will face Taiwanese Wei Chung-Heng after eliminating Belgian Théo Carbonetti. Nicolas Bernardi, on the other hand, was eliminated by the Croatian Alen Remar in the shoot-off (8-10).
Lisa Barbelin will face the Spaniard Ines Velasquez in the round of 16. She will only be accompanied by Caroline Lopez, easy winner of the Iranian Zahra Nemati (6-0), opposed to the American Catalina Gnoriega. Audrey Adiceom and Anaëlle Florent were taken out respectively by Australian Laura Paeglis (6-2) and Taiwanese Lei Chien-Ying (10-9 in the shootout).
The two teams in contention Thursday, the mixed Friday
Before the rest of the individual competition, Friday afternoon in Charléty, the Blues will compete in teams on Thursday. Twelfth in qualifying, the women’s team, silver medalist at the Worlds two weeks ago, will have to go through a first round, against Moldova, before finding in the round of 16, in case of victory, Mexico, medalist world bronze. The men’s team will have to wait for the Taiwan-Denmark result to know their first opponent.
In mixed, Lisa Barbelin and Baptiste Addis will meet the winner of the first round between Germany and Denmark in the round of 16 on Friday morning.
The finals, in compound bow (non-Olympic) on Saturday, in recurve bow on Sunday, will take place at the Invalides, on the site of the Olympic competition in a little less than a year.
2023-08-16 18:27:55
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