Written in SPORTS he 19/10/2024 · 20:56 hs
Tlaxcala, Mexico.– The Archery World Cup that is being celebrated in Tlaxcalaalready had its first glorious day to Mexicosince the archer Dafne Quinterotook third place in the competition in the compound bow modality.
The tricolor beat the Mexican team 146-145 Andrea Becerra in a duel that was very even, and that above all kept the fans of Tlaxcalavenue of the event, at filo de la butaca.
“My goal was to surpass third place, but what better than repeating it with a great athlete who, despite being rivals, we are very happy for each other,” he commented. Quintero.
Although Dafne took advantage in the first set, Andrea was evening the contest and managed to equalize it in the fourth set, so everything was defined with the fifth where Dafne excelled by shooting three arrows out of 10. “Yes, in the last series, Andrea I saw a little Korean, because I had to close with a 30 and I did it, I closed it with 30 and with the victory,” said the young woman.
It should be noted that this is not the only tournament that the Mexican has won, also in September of last year, she achieved third place in the Final of Archery World Cup which was carried out in Hermosillo. “It tastes better to me because I tried twice as hard, I started from scratch and I didn’t have many expectations, but it’s good that it happened,” he said.
The first place went to the Colombian Sara Lopez who in the final beat him 147 to 146 Meeri-Marita Paasof Estonia.
The closing of the tournament will come this Sunday, October 20, where the Mexican Olympic queras will be active Alejandra Valencia and Angela Ruiz, who will seek to take advantage of the great result that their partner had, to also give the country another medal.
The woman from Hermosillo will not have it easy at all, as she will face the world number one and gold medalist in Paris, the Korean, in the quarterfinals. Lim Sihyeon. In the case of the young girl Ruiz, she in front of the ChineseLi Jiaman.
This same day also the Aztec Olympian, Matias Grande will enter the shooting range, and is one of the main favorites to give Mexico a medal in the present Archery World Cup.
Source: Tribune.
