Mexico City / 04.08.2024 02:55:18
The young Mexican, Matías Grande, said goodbye to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games early this Sunday after falling in the Round of 16 of individual archery against French archer Baptiste Addis.
Grande fell 29 to 28 in the first set, punished for throwing two nines and a ten for Addis’ two tens and a nineHowever, the barely 20-year-old Mexican repeated the dose in the second set by shooting 29 to his rival’s 28 and tying the match.
Baptiste took the lead again in the third with a perfect set in which his three arrows found the 10for a pair of Matías Grande and a 9, which put him on the brink of elimination.
Celaya did not shrink and responded in the fourth chapter before the local athlete and who, for obvious reasons, had the public in his favor; Grande lived up to her last name and launched 29 points for a close 28 units the Addis.
The game reached its final moment with everything equal, 4 set points for each one with the ticket in sight at Les Invalides for the one who would overcome the pressure and define everything in just three arrows.
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Finally, the result went to Baptiste Addis after two tens and a nine, while Matías Grande had one of the worst sets in his entire stay in the French capital for the summer joust with two eights and a ten.
With this elimination, Matías Grande says goodbye to the 2024 Olympic Games and ends the participation of all archery for Mexico, combined with the elimination of Alejandra Valencia, although it leaves great hopes for the future.
