The Korean Kang Chae Young beat the 6-2 this Sunday Mexican Olympic medalist Alejandra Valencia and obtained the title at the Archery World Cup in Hermosillo, in the Mexican state of Sonora.
After passing the semifinal korean style Lim Sihyeon 6-5, Valencia was defeated by Chae Young, a member of her country’s team, Olympic champion in Tokio 2020.
It is domingowith extreme temperatures that reached 43 degrees, with humidity greater than 50 percent, the shooters had difficulties to show their best level, especially for the gusts of wind of up to 40 kilometers per hour, which, according to Valenciawere a factor in the competition.
“The wind influencedyou aimed well and the arrows went away. I did my best and I won the silver, there are things to improve,” declared the mexicanawhich in the past Olympic Games She was third in the mixed competition.
In it men’s contest the brazilian Marcus D’AlmeidaPan American runner-up, took the first place by defeating the South Korean 6-4 Lee Woo Seok; third place went to the Olympic runner-up Mauro Nespolifrom Italy, who won the tiebreaker arrow Dhiraj Bommadevara, of India.
For the Latin American competitors The World Cup was a preview before closing the season in the Panamerican Gameswhich will take place in the months of October and November in Santiago de Chile.
Four years ago Valencia won the individual title of women in recurve bow, and now it will be one of the main cards of the delegation of your country in Chile.
He archery It is one of the sports in which Mexico has better chances of win medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, scheduled for next summer.
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2023-09-11 07:00:00
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