the china Li Jiaman beat India 6-0 Deepika Kumari to win the gold medal in recurve bow at the Archery World Cupconcluded this Sunday in Tlaxcala, Mexico.
In a duel that was expected to be close and was quite the opposite, Jiaman won three sets in a row against Kumarierratic, with ratings even of seven points.
Jiaman debuted with a 7-3 victory over the Mexican Angela Ruiz and then showed authority to eliminate the Korean Jeon Hunhyoug6-2.
Third place for Ale Valencia
The competition was emotional; the Mexican in the Quarterfinals Alejandra Valencia debuted with a 6-4 victory over the Olympic champion Lim Sihyeonfrom Korea, but in the Semifinal, the Mexican missed some opportunities and lost 6-4 to Kumariwho lowered the level in the Final.
for the bronze Valencia defeated the Korean 6-2 Hunyoung.
In the morning session the Korean Kim WoojinOlympic champion, defeated his compatriot 7-3 Lee Woo Seok and won gold in recurve bow.
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Alejandra Valencia climbs to third place on the podium in the Tlaxcala 2024 Archery World Cup Final ????, with her 6-2 victory against South Korean Jeon Hunyoung.
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Matías Grande stayed on the road
Woojin He showed ups and downs in his performance, but it made a difference in his favor in crucial moments on a windy day. In the Quarterfinals he went from less to more to beat the Frenchman 7-3 Thomas Chirault and in the Semifinal he still closed better to eliminate the Mexican Matias Grande by a margin of 6-4.
in the final Woo Seok took the first set 30-29, but Woojin he made five perfect shots of his last six and secured the gold. In the bronze medal dispute the Brazilian Marcus D’Almeidawho was defending the title, defeated the Mexican 6-2 Grande.
This Saturday, in the compound bow the champions were the Colombian Sara Lopez and the American James Lutz.
López won her ninth World Cup title by beating Estonia 147-146 Meeri-Marita Paasin a final of many emotions in which the Colombian closed with nine perfect scores.
Lutz beat the Dane 150-149 Mathias Fullerton, defending champion.