French Archers Shine at European Championships – Valladont and Addis Reach Semifinals

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In the individual draw, in recurve, the three Frenchmen passed the milestone of the round of 16, as well as Lisa Barbelinwhile Caroline Lopez et Amélie Cordeau came out of the entrance.
In the round of 16 we would find Thomas Chirault opposed to Jean-Charles Valladont. This match at the top between the two teammates was high in intensity. Valladont took the advantage 3-1 after the second set, then 4-2 after the third, Chirault equalized at 4-4 after winning the fourth set. It is finally Valladont who won 28-26 in the fifth set to win the match 6-4. Valladont continued its momentum by winning 6-0 against the Ukrainian Hunbin in the quarter-finals, with three well-led sets 30-29-29. At the same time, Baptiste Addis won his round of 16 against the Israeli Roy Dror clinching their ticket to the quarter-finals thanks to a fifth set won 30-27 for a final score of 6-4. In shift Addis still had a hard time facing the Italian Federico Musolesi ; he took the advantage 4-0, Musolesi came back to 4-2 and with the last two sets shared, Baptiste won 6-4 to reach the semi-final.
In the semi-final, Valladont a little less precise than in previous matches fails to get the better of his opponent Den Habjan Malavasic (SLO). He lost 6-2 and will find himself in the match for bronze Baptiste Addispowerless in the face of Mete Gazoz in his semi-final; the Olympic champion was almost untouchable, aligning 30-30-28-30 against 26-29-28-27 for the Frenchman for the final score of 7-1.

2024-05-10 11:35:40
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