She is still in the running to qualify for the Paris-2024 Olympics. She is Lisa Barbelin, 23-year-old archer, European champion in 2021. “My goal is to win the Games at home, obviously”. Among the French representatives at the Beijing Games, the Moselle athlete has been a resident of Insep since 2018, where 20 Minutes met her, and a member of the French team for eight years. Highly visible during the test event this summer, which took place on August 20 on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris, Lisa Barbelin is among the favorites for qualification for the French team for the 2024 Games. She obtained, for the first time, a second place, her best result in a World Cup stage.
20 Minutes has decided to introduce you to the art of archery alongside the champion. And even five meters from the target, far from the regulatory 70 for the Olympics, how complicated it was to shoot the arrows with the same fluidity as the high-level athlete! Bow, quiver, arm guards, paddle, even with the complete equipment, we really struggled to stabilize and shoot at the target. “In fact, the biggest part of the work is concentration,” says Lisa Barbelin. Then, tame the feeling of power, then freedom that shooting provides.” Besides, do you have to open your eyes to aim? At the house of 20 Minuteswe still have not resolved the question.
2024-01-26 12:57:36
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