In the individual Olympic events, the Italian will challenge the American Brady Ellison ROME (ITALPRESS) – Mauro Nespoli’s feat in Medellin, Colombia, in the third stage of the World Cup. The Italian archer, who will be Italy’s standard bearer at the European Games in Krakow 2023, has gained access to the individual semi-finals of the Olympic arch and on Sunday, live streaming on the Olympic Channel, he will face the American Brady Ellison, number 3 of the world, to try to reach the final for gold against the winner of the Korean derby between Kim Je Deok and Lee Woo Seok. The long run of the Italian Olympian started with the 6-2 against the Brazilian De Carvalho Almeida, then continued with the 6-0 defeat against the Dutch Broeksma and the 6-2 against the Mexican Rojas. In the quarterfinals Nespoli beat the Turkish Mete Gazoz 6-4 in the remake of the last Olympic final, flying to the semifinals, now the dream is to take home the gold which would mean going directly to the World Cup finals in September in Hermosillo, in Mexico.
The matches for the podium of the finals which will feature the Air Force athlete will be broadcast in the next few days by Rai Sport. As for the other Azzurri, Alessandro Paoli ran well and was eliminated in the round of 16 by Gazoz only after an unfortunate shoot-off 6-5 (9*-9). The Turkish victory was millimetric. The Fiamme Azzurre athlete had access to the match against the Turkish Olympic champion after winning the matches with the Indian Chauhan 7-1 and with his teammate Marco Morello 7-3. Federico Musolesi stopped in the 1st round, defeated 6-0 by the Taipei archer Su. Tatiana Andreoli came close to the semi-final among the women and was beaten in the quarter-finals by the German Kroppen 6-2, after the successes achieved with Chiu (TPE) 7-3, with Bhakat (IND) 6-2 and with Roman (MEX) 7-3 . Chiara Rebagliati’s run ended in the second round, eliminated by the Indian Bhajan Kaur (6-0) after the 6-2 victory over the Japanese Noda. Defeat in the first round for the junior Roberta Di Francesco, 7-1 against the German Kroppen, and for Lucilla Boari, 7-1 against the American Gnoriega. The semi-finals will see Lim (KOR)-Mucino Fernandez (USA) and Ruiz (MEX)-Kroppen (GER) on the field on Sunday. Italy has failed to reach the medal-worthy challenges in mixed team competitions. In the recurve Tatiana Andreoli and Mauro Nespoli first beat the Virgin Islands (Aberntahy, D’Amour) 5-1 but then were eliminated from the race by Germany (Schwarz, Unruh) with a 5-3 defeat. The compound couple Elisa Roner and Michea Godano also had an unlucky day. The Italian duo lost the match against El Salvador (Corado, Hernandez) 152-151 in the round of 16. The mixed team competitions continued with all the elimination rounds up to the semi-finals. In the Olympics, the final for gold will be between South Korea and the United States, while the final for bronze will see India and Taipei face each other. In the compound the fight for first place will be between Colombia and Mexico, the fight for third between Puerto Rico and Estonia. – Photo World Archery – (ITALPRESS). ari/com 17-Jun-23 09:43 .
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