The national para archery team concluded its participation in the 2024 Parapan American Championship of the specialty, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with four medals: one gold and three silver.
Samuel Molina Núñez, open recurve champion at the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games, once again showed himself dominant on the shooting range and reaffirmed his status as favorite, after becoming champion with an agonizing victory in the golden arrow 6-5 (10-9) about the Colombian Julio Ramírez.
Thanks to his outstanding performance in Brazilian territory, the Michoacan rose two positions in the world ranking and became the best in the world with 190.5 points, leaving the Frenchman Guillaume Toucoullet in second place (179 points), and the Frenchman Guillaume Toucoullet in third place. American Kevin Mather (157 points).
The silver metals were won in the open compound by Gerardo Rodríguez Banda, who lost 133-142 in the final against the Brazilian Reinaldo Ferreira, as well as with Víctor Sardina Viveros and Liliana Montiel Orozco, who lost 145-147 with the locals Andrey de Castro and Karla Gogel; as well as the second place of Rodríguez Banda and Sardina Viveros, after succumbing 144-150 to the Canadians Kyle Tremblay and Chris Waterman.
In addition to the podiums achieved, Mexico set a new record at the level of all the Americas in men’s compound doubles, as Sardina Viveros and Rodríguez Banda added 1,363 points in the qualifiers and surpassed the 1,347 points made by the Brazilians Diogo De Souza and Reinaldo Ferreira in 2022.
The continental competition served the Aztec para archers as preparation for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, an event for which Mexico already has two places secured in Santiago 2023: one in men’s open recurve, through Samuel Molina, and another in open compound manly, via Víctor Sardina.
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2024-04-29 23:20:00
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