In a final among Mexicans, Mariana Bernal won gold in compound bow at the World Cup held in Nanjing, China, Maya Becerra was silver
Alfonso Lopez
Mariana Bernal made history in Mexican sports, by winning the gold medal in it Archery World Cup held in Nanjing, China.
The 22-year-old shooter won first place in the women’s compound bowin an extraordinary and dramatic final against the number 1 in the worldalso Mexican Maya Becerra.
Both shooters, teammates in the national representative, qualified for the final where they later After shooting eleven arrows each, they equaled 147 points, which forced the winner to be defined in sudden death
Already in the final round, the tie was maintained by making each Mexican shooter a 10 point throws, which forced the application of the second criterion in the tiebreaker rule, where Mariana Bernal was left with the victory by being your arrow closest to the center of the bullseye.
“I feel very happy and fortunate that life has given me the opportunity to represent Mexico at the highest level. All the effort I have invested has paid off.”
This is the first time in the history of the competition that Mexico achieves gold and silver in the test, and third time in history that the finalists are from the same country, since 2006 when this test was included in the competition calendar.
Mariana closes an outstanding year, because at the World Archery Championships held in Gwangju, Corea del Sur, won team gold beside Maya Becerra and Adriana Castillo. He also added a medal of bronze in the mixed team event where he was paired with Sebastian Garcia,
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