Grande Italia in Pilsen, in the Czech Republic, where the finals of the Archery World Championships took place. Among the Visually Impaired, Matteo Panariello wins gold and Daniele Piran silver, in the afternoon Matteo Bonacina also becomes world champion in the compound open. Tomorrow, Sunday, the Azzurri return to the field for four finals for gold and one for bronze
BONACINA WORLD CHAMPION – Matteo Bonacina is the new compound open world champion. The Italian beat the British Nathan Macquenn in the final at the end of a match that started in perfect balance (29-29, 28-28), but then the Italian archer accelerated with a 27-26 and above all the 30-28 of the fourth volley. They are the decisive arrows because in the last set Bonacina controls and, despite the 28-27 in favor of the opponent, wins the match 141-139.
GOLD AND SILVER AMONG THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AZZURRI – The first day of finals at the Pra-Archery World Championships is therefore colored blue thanks to the Visually Impaired archers. Among the VI 1 Matteo Panariello beats the Australian Craig Prowse 6-0 with a performance of the highest level, taking home all the partials: 20-10, 17-10 and 22-7. The blue thus completes his perfect World Championship, after first place in qualifying he didn’t leave even a set to his opponents during all the qualifying rounds
Closing with an excellent silver was Daniele Piran, who after last year’s European title also took second place in the world. The Italian lost the final against the British Steve Prowse 6-2. Piran equalized the first and fourth sets 23-23, but lost in the two sets 27-26 and 23-21.
ALL THE MEDALS – Together with Matteo Panariello and Craig Newbery the Belgian Venhollebeke gets on the podium of the Visually Impaired 1, beating the Cypriot Misos 6-2. Among the VI 2/3, the bronze goes to the British Thomas after a 6-0 win over his national teammate Tranter.
In the individual men’s compound where Bonacina is gold and Macqueen is silver, the bronze goes to the Australian Milne who beats the Belgian Van Montagu 145-143.
The new individual world champion is the Turkish Cure who in the final wins 140-138 against the Indian Devi, third place for the Brazilian Gogel after the 139-142 over the other Indian Sarita.
China dominates the compound team competition, winning gold against Iran 157-150 and setting a new world record. The bronze goes to the United States of America with 149-140 over the Czech Republic.
In the women’s victory for Great Britain who beat Brazil 152-145 in the final, India takes the third step of the podium after beating Iran 147-142.
THE SUMMARY OF THE ITALIAN FINALS
Saturday 23 July
10,22 Oro Visually Impaired 1: Panariello-Newsbery 6-0
11,52 Oro Visually Impaired 2/3: Piran-Prowse 2-6
5.17pm Men’s open compound gold: Bonacina-Macqueen 141-139
Sunday 24 July
09.00 Gold Women’s W1 Teams: Italy-China
09.28 Bronze W1 men’s teams: Italy-Czech Republic
10.36 Gold Mixed Team W1: Italy-Czech Republic
11.19 Women’s W1 gold: Pellizzari-Zhang
2.00pm Gold Open women’s Olympic teams: Italy-China
15.56 Open Olympic Mixed Team Gold: Italy-China
2023-07-22 17:56:41
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