At the international archery tournament, the penultimate stage of the world indoor circuit before the Olympic Games, on the Nîmes side, young Estelle Luzet-Choteau won bronze and Victoria Sébastian will play tomorrow for 3rd place.
Between Parnasse and the exhibition center in Nîmes, 1,100 athletes are competing this weekend, including “30 who will be at the Olympic Games, that’s the level! And then everyone here is more euphoric. We feel the Olympics effect »indicates Olivier Grillat, general manager of the tournament.
Bronze for Estelle
In U15, the little Nîmes prodigy Estelle Luzet-Choteau won the bronze medal after dominating the qualifying phase. It was the Turkish Duru Coskun who won the tournament. “I am very happy with what I did and with this third place”, says the young 4th grade student to d’Alzon, who is already mentally preparing for the French championships in February, on her birthday. In the women’s category, eliminated by world number 9 Elia Canales, Victoria Sébastian will shoot for bronze tomorrow against the 2023 world team champion.
Estelle Luzet-Choteau • Photo Yannick Pons
“I am very happy with Estelle, who smashed her record in qualifying. It’s getting better because she usually stumbles in the first matches. She’s taken it up a notch again.”Olivier Grillat indicated.
No miracles for men
For the men it was more complicated, no time to properly prepare indoors at 18 meters, a week after the French Olympic selections outdoors at 70 meters. Baptiste Addis is eliminated in the eighth, Jean-Charles Valladont is eliminated in the sixteenth. Valladont started his match badly and was unable to come back on his opponent. Addis, author of an exceptional qualifying round, passed a round then fell.
Baptiste Addis passes the first round and falls in the round of 16 • Photo Yannick Pons
2024-01-20 19:41:15
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