León, Guanajuato. The national arrows have been covered in glory, the Guanajuato native Matías Grandes together with the archer Alejandra Valencia achieved the gold medal in the mixed team recurve bow event of the Yecheon 2024 Archery World Cup. In the final the Mexican duo was imposed on Japan.
In the second stage of this world competition, the Guanajuato native, along with the three-time Olympian, Alejandra Valencia, faced the Japanese Ruka Uehara and Junya Nakanishi in the grand final, a duo over which they won by a score of 6-2.
During the match, the first set went to the tricolor archers who hit three arrows with a ’10’ (9, 10, 10, 10), while the Japanese missed with a ‘7’ (9, 10, 10, 7). The second set again went to Mexico with a partial score of 36-39 (10, 10, 9, 9), while the Japanese failed again (9, 10, 9, 8).
The Nation of the Rising Sun team responded to the third round with 39 points (10, 10, 9, 10), while Mexico added 37 points (10, 9, 9, 9). The fourth set gave the golden medal to Grande Kalionchiz and Valencia Trujillo, who closed the score at 35-38 (10, 9, 10, 9), while the Asians scored 8, 9, 10, 8. For their part, the Bronze went to the Spaniards Elia Canales and Andrés Temiño who defeated Baptiste Addis and Lisa Barbelin from France 5-1.
The Iberians had precisely been rivals of the Mexicans in the semifinals, in which Grande and Valencia won 5-4, previously in the quarterfinals they eliminated Lei Chien-Ying and Tang Chih-Chun from Chinese Taipei 6-2. Previously, in the second round they beat the Iranians Yasna Pourmahani and Reza Shabani 6-0.
It should be noted that the Sonoran goalkeeper, in addition to the gold, also won bronze in the individual event, after beating Deepika Kumari from India 6-4. On the other hand, Grande and Valencia already have their ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, so this golden award raises expectations for the next summer event.
2024-05-26 22:25:34
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