Mexico was in charge of the closing ceremony of the Archery World Cup 2024a series of four competitions that began in April in Shanghai, China, and closed this October in Tlaxcala, 117 kilometers from the country’s capital.
There, Mexico closed its participation in the 2024 season within the top 10 overall with a total of seven medals, of which were one gold, two silver and four bronze.
He Archery World Cup It is celebrated every year by the international federation of this sport, called World Archery. Archers from all continents participate in the recurve and compound categories, as well as women’s, men’s and mixed teams.
Unlike other sports, the Archery World Cup takes place as a season that includes six months. In 2024, it opened in April in Shanghai, China; in May it was in Yecheon, South Korea; In June he landed in Antalya, Türkiye, prior to the Olympic Games; and the closing was from October 19 to 20 in Tlaxcala, Mexico.
South Korea won the overall classification between men and women with a total of 20 medals, of which were nine gold, eight silver and three bronze. The Asian country endorsed the leadership it demonstrated in the Paris Olympic Gameswhere he also won the classification with a total of seven medals, of which five were gold.
The weekend in Tlaxcala only included individual tests. South Korea took gold in the men’s recurve bow thanks to Kim Woo Jin, who won his fifth Archery World Cup final event (Tokyo 2012, Rome 2017, Samsun 2018 and Tlaxcala 2022 and 2024.
Mexico, for its part, won two medals in the season-ending event. Dafne Quintero won bronze in the women’s individual compound bow event, while Alejandra Valencia also won bronze in the women’s individual recurve bow event.
Alejandra Valenciawho had just won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games along with Ana Paula Vázquez and Ángela Ruiz in the women’s team event, was the main figure in Mexico during the 2024 season.
The recently turned 30-year-old from Sonora shone with four medals throughout the season. In addition to the bronze in Tlaxcala, he obtained bronze in the Yecheon events in May and Antalya in June. He also contributed to Mexico’s only gold medal in the 2024 World Cup, which was in the mixed team recurve bow, along with Matías Grande (in Yecheon).
At a career level, this is Alejandra Valencia’s third medal in the Archery World Cup finals. In 2015 he won silver in mixed teams in Mexico City, while in 2023 he also won silver in Hermosillo, within his home state.
Outside of the final events, Valencia Trujillo has accumulated 22 medals in Archery World Championships, divided into two golds, 11 silvers and nine bronzes. His legacy began in the 2011 season and, since then, the only years where he did not win a single medal were 2015 and 2022.
In addition to Alejandra Valencia, Dafne Quintero and Matías Grande, Mexico received medals at the 2024 Archery World Cup thanks to Andrea Becerra, who won two silvers in the women’s individual compound between Shanghai and Yecheon.
Only Mexico and Colombia represented Latin America in the general classification of the 2024 Archery World Cup. Colombia finished in sixth place with three medals, but relegated Mexico to seventh for obtaining two gold medals.
South Korea sealed first place with nine golds, followed by India with seven and the podium was completed by the United States with four. Although China also won four gold medals, the Americans won by having one silver (China had no silver).
With the closing of the 2024 season, Tlaxcala became the city that has hosted an Archery World Cup event in Mexico the most times with a total of five editions. Days before the dispute this October, the Association of Hotels and Motels of the State of Tlaxcala (AHMET) indicated an expectation of 1.5 million pesos in economic benefits from the international archery competition.
Balance of Mexico in the Archery World Cup in recent editions:
- 2024: 7 medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze)
- 2023: 12 medals (2 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze)
- 2022: 4 medals (2 silver and 2 bronze)
- 2021: 11 medals (2 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze)
- 2019: 1 medal (1 silver)
*In 2020 it was not held due to the pandemic.
