In the team mode, both groups remained after beating the first rival in the direct elimination bracket
The Salvadorans participating in the compound bow modality of the third stage of the World Cup, in Antalya, Turkey, were not able to advance much in the team modality.
The women’s team managed to overcome their first match but remained in the quarterfinals. After placing in ninth place in the qualifying phase with an accumulated 2,041 points, thanks to the work done by Camila Alvarenga, Sofía Paiz and Paola Corado, the Cuscatlecas had to face the German team, composed of Katharina Raab, Kristin Schönbach and Jennifer Walter, whom they defeated in a tight match by ten more in the shoot-off, and after equaling 225 points during the match.
After that, the Cuscatlecas had to face those who performed best in the qualifying phase, the representatives of India, a team formed by Jyothi Surenkha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swami and Parneet Kaur, who clearly won 235-227. the Salvadorans, which left them eliminated from the team competition, although they continue in individual competition. The Indian girls qualified for the team final against Estonia.
In the men’s division, always in the composite and team arc, El Salvador placed sixth in the qualifying phase, with 2,110 points, thus going on to face Brazil in the direct elimination bracket, seeded 11th in the previous phase.
The national team, composed of Douglas Nolasco, Miguel Veliz and Roberto Hernández, beat Luccas Abreu, Jairo Rodrigo Sa Silva and Rafael Kawakani 231-229.
Then, in the quarterfinals, they faced the third in the qualifying phase, the French Nicolas Girard, Jean Philippe Boulch and Adrien Gontier, who won by a score of 235 to 233 in a very even match from start to finish. end. The French eventually took the bronze medal.
Meanwhile, in the mixed modality, the country was placed in box No. 12 with 1,388 points (only two scored) and entered the next stage of direct elimination, where Corado and Nolasco will play against the Slovaks Petra Kocutova and Josef Bosansky.
Óscar Ticas also competed in Antalya, in an event that for his modality, the recurve bow, had tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Ticas was 51st in the qualification phase with 632 points, and then, in direct elimination, lost in the first round 6-4 with the Latvian Romans Sergejevs. However, he will go to the Olympics thanks to the principle of universality (invitation).
SEE ALSO: Óscar Ticas is the fifth Salvadoran in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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