Alejandra Valencia: Arch World Cup Gwangju Update – No Medal Today

World Arch Shooting Championship. Alejandra Valencia did not achieve her goal of achieving world medal in Gwangju 2025. (PHOTO PHOTO)

Alejandra Valencian concluded his participation in the World Arch Shop Championship in Gwangju 2025, when eliminated in the quarter finals, So Mexicans say goodbye to the recurvo arc modality without any medal.

The Sonoran Arquera, double Olympic medalist, housed hope of a world medal for Mexico, after arriving bye until The third Round in which Japanese Asakuno Nanami beat 6-5 on Thursday.

Even this Friday in the fourth round he surpassed in 6-5 gold arrow to the Turkish Elif Gokkirbut already in the quarter-final round Valencia surprised by falling 0-6 against Kang Chaeyoung of South Korea.

Kang Chaeyoung For his part, World Champion was consecrated by winning 7-3 in the final to the China Zhu Jingyi, thus ensuring his first world title after being runner-up in the 2019 edition.

The compound arch contributed three medals

With the result of Alejandra Valencia at the end of the 8 best in the world as well as Matías Grande, both in Arc Recurvo, Mexico concludes her World Cup participation in Gwangju, where only Maya Becerrain compound arc, He got three times to go to the team podium and individual.

Maya Becerra won As a team Next to Mariana Bernal and Adriana Castillo, after Mexico exceeded 236-231 to the United States.

Becerra, world ranking number one also consecrated world champion individual with his triumph of 147-146 over the Salvadoran Sofía Paiz.

In the compound arc test mixed equipment Maya Becerra next to Sebastián García, the Mexicans exceeded 158-157 to Wei Chang and Jou Huang of China Taipéi.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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