Written in SPORTS he 20/10/2024 · 17:46 hs
Tlaxcala, Mexico.- The Mexican Alejandra Valencia demonstrated once again why she is one of the best exponents of archery today, after reaching the podium in the World Cup of Archery Tlaxcala 2024.
In this competition, the Sonoran returned to an international podium after her team bronze medal in Paris 2024by obtaining third place in the category of recurve of the women’s branch.
To achieve this, Valencia defeated two Olympic gold winners in Paris 2024: first in the quarterfinals 6-4 against the South Korean Sihyeon Limindividual, joint and mixed monarch; as well as 6-2 in the bronze medal match against his compatriot Hunyoung Jeonwho was also part of the champion team in the French capital just a couple of months ago.
However, in the semifinal the Mexican could not come back against Deepika Kumarifrom India, who won the set 6-4 to send Valencia Trujillo to the duel for third place where again the opponent was a Korean.
Despite her loss to Kumari, Alejandra said she was proud to be among the three best exponents of shooting in the Archery World Cup, where she fought until the last moment to advance.
“Pretty good; At the beginning what I said was enjoy it, do what I know how to do; to stay focused on what I have to do at that moment and that’s what I did,” said the Sonoran goalkeeper.
“There were errors, but minimal, to close the cycle that began in 2021; It was fast, it was very good, it was heavy but many historic results were achieved” mentioned the medalist.
For its part, the also Mexican Angela Ruiz ended their participation in the quarterfinal round after being beaten 7-3 by Jiaman Liwho would ultimately take the gold medal to become the third archer from China to win in an Archery World Cup Final.
Subsequently, Li defeated Deepika Kumari, from India, 6-0 in the title duel, in a duel that represented only the fourth time in 18 years that there was no South Korean presence in the final of the recurve modality in the women’s branch.
Source: Tribune
