He came for a place on the podium and achieved it through determination, Alejandra Valencia achieved third place in the women’s recurve modality in the Archery Cup Finalafter beating the Korean Jeon Hunyoung 6-2.
The Sonoran recognized that “I wanted first place”However, he noted that he enjoyed this result despite falling one step, since in the 2023 edition he finished in second place.
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“Now I’m in third, but it confirms that I’m among the best, I repeated a podium, so in the next one I want the gold“commented the double Olympic medalist.
Valencia’s path in this competition was not easy, in the quarterfinals they beat the Korean 6-4 Lim Sihyeonwho came in as number one in the ranking and favorite to win the event, but Alejandra had better shots.
In the semifinal the Mexican could not come back against Deepika Kumariof India, who won the set 6-4 to send Valencia Trujillo to the duel for third place where once again the opponent was a Korean.
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Jeon Hunyoung submitted shots that were mostly 9’s, so In the last set Alejandra achieved a 10 which gave her her position as the third best goalkeeper on the circuit.
“(The key) was to do what I know how to do, stay focused, there were mistakes, but minimal. In the Olympic Games he beat me, now I had to beat him, that’s sport, Korea is the best and here we come the 8 best in the world“added the Sonoran.
With this event Alejandra ends her Olympic cycle that began in 2021, which she defines as “well, it was heavy, but many historic results were achieved”, such as the bronze medal for women’s teams in Paris 2024.
Valencia was not the only Mexican who competed this Sunday, Angela Ruiz She also had action although she lost 7-3 to China’s Li Jiaman in the quarterfinals. While in the men’s recurve modality Matías Grande stayed in fourth place after being beaten 6-2 by the Brazilian Marcus D’Almeida.
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