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It was therefore a great day ahead for the French supporters, impatiently waiting to follow the journey of Guillaume Toucoullet throughout the day. Guillaume, currently number 2 in the world and with titles of vice-champion of the World and Europe, met the Colombian for his first match archery-in-mixed-guillaume-toucoullet-also-stops-in-the-eighth/” title=”Paralympic Games (archery): in mixed, Guillaume Toucoullet also stops in the eighth”>Hector Julio Ramirez16th in ranking shots and 8th in the world. If on paper, Guillaume should have the advantage in this match, archery is a sport often full of surprises. Heated by the 1/16 final which he won a few minutes before, the Colombian was calm and calmly shot 27 points on his first end. Guillaume Toucoullet, for whom this match is the first on the finals field since his familiarization last week, is having more difficulty finding the center at the start of the confrontation. With 26 points, Guillaume leaves the first two set points to his opponent. Downwind, which is not the easiest weather condition for him to manage, the Frenchman shot 10-8-8 on the second end and the Colombian 8-10-10. Guillaume is therefore down 4 to 0, and must react to hope to come back and continue the match. His start with a 10 on the third end begins to destabilize his opponent, whose gesture tenses and the arrows move a little further away. 27 to 25, Guillaume regains two set points but is still trailing, 4 to 2. He continues his comeback in the fourth end, 28 to 24. The two archers are therefore tied, four set points each. Everything depends on their last three arrows to advance to the rest of the competition. Unfortunately, Guillaume has difficulty finding the 10 and draws 9-9-8. This is insufficient compared to the 28 points (9-10-9) of Hector Julio Ramirez, which thus puts an end to the ambitions of the Frenchman, eliminated in this round of 16 with a score of 6 to 4.
