Tlaxcala, Mexico was the site of the ninth title of World Cup archery in the compound bow mode the pereirana Sara Lopezafter an even duel, She managed to defeat the Estonian Meeri-Marita Pass and win the gold medal.
In this modality there is mechanical help from the pulleys, they pull with a trigger, with a level and telescopic sight, They shoot 50 meters away with an 80 centimeter target and have 20 seconds per shot once the timer rings.
The path of triumph
Sara came to this point as one of the eight athletes who added the most points in the ranking during the stops of the serial (this time the editions were Shanghai, Yecheon and Antalya).
The Colombian would then face the American Alexis Ruiz in the quarterfinalsfive rounds of three shots defined the winner. Sara had a perfect first inning and a score in favor of 30-28In the second set, they tied, the third went again to the Colombian, the penultimate break went to Alexis, but the fifth and last went to Sara who finished with a score of 148 -144.
Now The semifinal would be against the local Andrea Becerra. On this occasion, Sara would start losing the first setbut would tie in the second set, The third round obtained a perfect score and was ahead of the Mexicanfor the fourth episode he increased the advantage again with a perfect score and He would finish fifth with a score of 149-146.
The final would come against Meeri-Marita Pass from Estonia and it would be a more than even duel, in the first episode they would tie at 29, For the second inning, the European would take advantage. However, Sara would recover in the third inning and would tie the score to come back in the penultimate set with a perfect score and a point ahead of Meeri, Already in the last set, the Colombian would maintain the perfect score to finish 147-146. Sara Lopez she became world champion.
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The podium would end as follows, Sara Lopez first of all, Sea-Marita Pass (ranked eleventh best in the world) in the second position, and the Mexican Dafne Quintero with third place after beating his compatriot Andrea Becerra.
The champion closed her participation with the following statement: “I don’t know what I felt in the last arrow. It was an unconscious shot, as if the mind had disconnected from the body. In the morning I said that I was going to do everything for me and that it didn’t matter if I won or lost. Fortunately, things worked out for me. I am going to make some decisions focused on my career as an archer, making the transition to indoor. I don’t know if you’ll see me next year, I’m about to decide.“.
