First Franc-Comtois launched in the Olympic arena, Jean-Charles Valladont did not experience the debut hoped for this Friday morning in Tokyo. Only 57th in qualifying (640 points), the archer from Boussières had a difficult start.
In Rio, before becoming Olympic vice-champion in 2016, Valladont had signed high-level qualifications (8th with 680 points). This time, the Franc-Comtois will start from a little further. But every day is another day and, Tuesday (9:13 am), in the 32nd finals of the individual event, he will have to start with a big piece: the Dutchman Stef Van den Berg (8th with 670 points). But it will remind him of a good memory: he had beaten the Batavian in the semifinals of the 2016 Olympics !
It goes in mixed, it will be complicated by teams
But before that, the mixed (Saturday) and the team competition (Monday) await Jean-Charles Valladont. Because the Franc-Comtois and Lisa Barbelin (13th in the women’s qualifications) passed the mixed cut (14th) and will face the Japanese in 8it is final. By the way, Valladont can thank Pierre Plihon whose score (653) was important. Because, a small subtlety of the regulations, if Valladont was designated for the mixed race before the start of the Games, it is the result of the best Frenchman in qualifying that is taken into account …
On the other hand, by teams, the Blues sank. Twelfth and last in qualifying, they will begin their journey against the Americans of Brady Ellison who had drastically beaten them in the semi-finals of the TQO (0-6). We had a brighter prospect …
The classification of qualifications: 1. Kim (COR) 688; 2. Ellison (USA) 682; 3. Oh Jin-Hyek (COR) 681… 36. Plihon (FRA) 653; 51. Chirault (FRA) 648; 57. Valladont (FRA) 640…
