Mexico won its first medal in Paris 2024 with bronze in archery

Mexico debuted its medal count at the Olympic Games of Paris 2024 thanks to archery, where she took bronze in the women’s team event, this Sunday on the second day of the competition.

Alejandra Valencia, Angela Ruiz and Ana Paula Vazquez They had lost to the Chinese representatives in the semi-finals by 5-3 but were then able to beat the Netherlands 6-2 in the duel for third place.

For ‘Ale’ Valencia, 29 years oldit is also her second Olympic medalas he also managed to take a bronze at the Tokyo event in 2021, then in the mixed team event, partnering with Luis Álvarez.

Both Vázquez (23 years old) and Ruiz (17 years old) They manage to register their name for the first time in the Olympic list of achievements.

It is the fourth medal that archery has given to Mexico in its Olympic history, Since before Valencia and Álvarez’s bronze three years ago, two had been achieved at the London 2012 event, both in the women’s individual event, with silver for Aída Román and bronze for Mariana Avitia.

At the Tokyo Games, The Mexican balance was four medals, All of them bronze medals. The country has not won an Olympic title since the men’s football team won the medal in London twelve years ago.

This Sunday on the Esplanade des Invalides, in a stadium located in one of the tourist spots in the center of Paris, the Mexican trio, fifth in the world ranking, started the competition very well, beating Germany 5-1 in the quarter-finals.

– Gold for the South Koreans –

In the semi-final against the Chinese, second in the world rankings, Mexico put up a fight but ended up losing 5-3 and had to go to the duel for bronze against the Netherlands.

Each team won one of the first two sets, which left the match tied at 2-2, but from then on the Mexicans flew towards victory, which they sealed in style, with four tens in their last four arrows of the fourth and final set (6-2).

One of the members of the Dutch team was Gaby Schloesser, 30 years old from Tijuana who represented Mexico at the Rio 2016 Games before going on to compete with the Netherlands, with whom she won Olympic silver in the mixed team event in Tokyo.

Gold went to South Korea, which revalidated the titleachieved three years ago in Tokyo, after dominating the Chinese 5-4 in the final.

Since the appearance of the team event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, The South Koreans have not let a single title slip away in the team event.

One of the South Korean laureates, Lim Si-hyeon is the favorite to win the singles title, from Thursday to Saturday.