One of the emblematic events of archery prepares its arrows for a key stop in the lands of the Mayab.
The Indoor World Series Mérida 2026, an event that looks at the competitions of the Olympic cycle towards Los Angeles 2028, will take place in the halls of the Yucatán Siglo XXI Convention Center from February 13 to 15.
With the same nuance of activities as a stage of the Beach Volleyball World Cup in Progreso was held in 2025, between sport and tourism, the Indoor Mérida hopes to have the best exponents of this sport worldwide in front of the targets, in accordance with the launch of the competition, yesterday at the Great Museum of the Mayan World.
Organized by the Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (Conade) and Wold Archery México, whose headlines led the presentation, they reported that the Indoor Mérida will have the main archers in the world ranking active, and is part of an agreement for Yucatán to host a stage this year, as well as in 2027 and 2028, heading to the Los Angeles Olympic Games in this last year.
Rómmel Pacheco Marrufo, head of Conade, and Gabriel Ramos Rodríguez, president of World Archery, detailed that, in a mini stadium, 140 shooters can be seen at the same time at 18 meters in recurve bow and compound bow, but they will not be simple archers, but the best exponents in the world. The starts will be at 9 in the morning on Friday and Saturday, and the finals will be on Sunday at 1 in the afternoon.
There will be more than 300 participants, with the two teams in each modality (made up of the best ranked in the country), and other exponents with merit will be in line to aspire for tickets, in the first selection of the year.
There will be competition in Under-18, Under-21, Open, Master and Barebow, adding points for the rankings.
Many world medalists are already confirmed. For Mexico, Maya Barrera, world champion in this modality, and Ángela Ruiz, Olympic medalist, both present at the launch event; in addition to Dafne Quintero and Sebastián García; Ajay Scott, from Great Britain; Alexis Ruiz and Nicholas D’Amour, from the United States; Sofía Paiz, from El Salvador; Mike Schloesser, from the Netherlands, among others.
Yucatán will participate with Juan Carlos del Río Gutiérrez, the Mexican national team, and other members of the Las Américas High Performance Center such as Luis Lezama Soto and Isis Rentería Rodríguez.
Maya Becerra Arizaga, a strong Mexican player, highlighted the pleasant experience it will be for them to compete for the country “in a great event, with so much at stake, but in a big city, in your country. It will be a great motivation to be among the best in the world in Mexico.”
And there is the conviction of the organizers that Mexico can have medals in this Indoor Mérida, and that they will have the same perspective for the Los Angeles Games, considering that archery is one of the disciplines that has given the country the most prizes in Olympic events.
Access to the activities of this competition will be free.— Gaspar Silveira Malaver
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