However, they fail to reach the finals and therefore do not obtain the individual pass for the Olympics. Alessandro Paoli and Mauro Nespoli engaged today in the recurve preliminaries. The two Italians both exited in the round of 16, losing the match against the Dutch Wijler 6-4 and the German Unruh 6-2. The German archer then won gold by beating the Spaniard Alvarino Garcia 6-2. A first place that is worth the pass to Paris. The other qualification was earned by the Moldovan Olaru despite losing the bronze final 7-1 to the Spaniard Acha. Spain had in fact already obtained a pass for the men and one for the women having won the mixed team recurve competition.
The next event to seek qualification for Paris 2024 will be the World Cup in Berlin, scheduled for early August, which will offer the first team passes up for grabs.
MARCO BRUNO’S RIDE
A real feat is that of Marco Bruno of the compound. In the quarter-finals, the national team’s archer eliminated the previous day’s favourite, Mike Schloesser, the Dutch number one in the world and nicknamed “Mister Perfect” for his shooting precision. The blue is not intimidated and places his paw in the shoot-off; after the 148-148 of the five volleys both arrows end up on 10 but Bruno’s is closer to the center and is worth the passage to the semi-final.
The second victim of the Piedmontese archer’s great moment is the Polish Lukasz Przybylski who loses 145-144.
The only defeat of the European Games for the Italian compound athlete came in the final against the Slovakian Joezef Bosansky, who also has a gold medal in the World Cup this season. The blue player withstands the blow in the first set (28-28), then goes behind in the second (30-29) and will no longer be able to recover because the opponent leaves only crumbs. The third volley still ends in a draw (29-29), the fourth goes to Bosansky (29-28) while Bruno tries to put pressure on with a “30” but the opponent responds with three more arrows on the “10” and wins 146 -144.
PAOLI OUT WITH HEAD HIGH
Alessandro Paoli fails to get past the round of 16 and loses the match against the Dutchman Steve Wijler, ninth in the world rankings and number seven on the scoreboard. The blue fights after losing the first set 28-27, draws the next two at 28 and in the fourth returns to the match with 29-28 which postpones the verdict to the fifth set. The last three arrows, however, are in favor of the Dutchman who wins 28-27 and closes the score with the result of 6-4
NESPOLI ALSO OUT OF THE ROUND OF 16
Mauro Nespoli’s run also ended in the first match of the day as he lost the match against the German Florian Unruh who started better by winning the first set 28-25. The blue immediately returns to the match with 29-26 in the second set, but then loses the next two rounds of arrows 28-27 and 29-28, saying goodbye to qualification for the quarter-finals with the scoreboard reading 6-2 for Unruh , who then continued his run to win gold and qualify for the Olympics.
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2023-06-29 07:00:00
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