León, Gto.- With suitcase ready for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Guanajuato goalkeeper Matías Grande, along with Alejandra Valencia from Sinaloa, are preparing to fight for the bronze medal in the mixed team event of the third stage of the World Cup Antalya 2024.
The Grande – Valencia duo faces next Sunday, June 23, the duel for the bronze medal in this contest that takes place in Turkish territory. The representative of India, made up of Kaur Bhajan and Dhiraj Boomaderava, presents itself as a rival side to the Mexicans.
On what has been the path to a possible new World Cup podium, the Guanajuato goalkeeper, along with his partner, a bronze medalist in Tokyo 2020, appeared on the shooting line to win over the locals, Elif Gokkir and Mete Gazoz on their own. 5-3 in the round of 16.
For the quarterfinal round, the two Mexicans showed better skill in front of the ‘target’ and won over the Ukrainians Anastasia Pavlova and Oleksii Hunbun with a score of 5-1. Now for the semifinals, the two Mexicans went to the golden arrow against the Japanese Sonoda Waka and Fukura Takaharu who took the score 5-4.
With Mexico fighting for third place, Japan faces South Korea for the Turkish gold, the two South Korean representatives in competition are Jeon Hunyoung and Lee Wooseok.
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It should be noted that in this same competition, Alejandra Valencia, who is heading to her fourth Olympic Games, also qualified for the semifinals of the individual event. To get into the fight for the golden metal, she enters into a rematch against Sonoda Waka. In the other key, the archers seeking a place in the final are Yang Xiaolei from China and Ankita Bhakat from India.
As for Grande Kalionchiz, the archer of Celaya origin has secured his place in Paris 2024 in the men’s and mixed recurve team events.
2024-06-21 22:07:30
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