A 10 right in the heart of the target, during the “golden arrow” (if the two archers are tied after five sets, a single arrow must decide between them). Signed Florian Unruh, the German archer who faced Baptiste Addis in the quarter-finals of the individual tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Sunday on the Esplanade des Invalides, which hosted his last day of competition. Always with plenty of sunshine and a large and cheerful audience.
For Addis, the mission was clear: we had to have the same precision as the German. Reach the center of the target. The little French archery prodigy, only 17 years old and already a team silver medalist in Paris, hit the 10 well, but rather on the side. According to the rule in force, it was Unruh who qualified for the semi-finals, the one closest to the center, in the event of a tie, winning.
« There is a little dissatisfaction, because it’s a match that I could have takenAddis said. There are quite a few arrows where I had fun, where I enjoyed it. I don’t have too many regrets about the mistakes. They were small mistakes and I fought as hard as I could. And these Games remain a small team success, and a quarter individually is still beautiful. But above all, these are things to be achieved by 2028. »
The archery events therefore ended at the Paris Olympic Games. South Korea achieved a Grand Slam by winning the five gold medals up for grabs. And France signed the best record in its history at the Olympics – since the return of the discipline in 1972 – with two medals at the same Games (team silver for men and bronze for Lisa Barbelin individually).
