Archery. Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vázquez and Ángela Ruiz qualify for the Quarterfinals

PARIS.— The wait is over, and Mexico began his participation in the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

The Mexican delegation opened the curtain on the Women’s individual archery classification, meeting on the esplanade of “Les Invalides”.

As a team in the women’s category, Mexican women came in third place with 1986 points, directly accessing the Quarterfinals.

This was the debut of the Mexican women in the discipline of archery

This Thursday, July 25, Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vázquez and Angela Ruiz were the first Mexicans who saw action in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The archers had the qualifying round that defined their rivals. The Mexican who positioned herself best was Alejandra Valencia, taking over the eighth place with a total of 669 points.

Among the best! 🇲🇽🏹

Olympic medalist Alejandra Valencia takes eighth place in the women’s individual qualifying round in #Paris2024; Ana Vázquez does the same with place 20 and Ángela Ruiz with place 24.

🔹️On Tuesday they will play in the knockout phase. pic.twitter.com/aiMhb0eO8Y

— CONADE (@CONADE) July 25, 2024

A few positions below it was positioned Ana Paula Vazquezwho came in twentieth place with 659 points.

While, Angela Ruiz She came in twenty-fourth place with 658 points, separated by just one point from Ana Paula.

The Mexican athletes, as a team in the women’s category, were in the third place with 1986 points, directly accessing the Quarter finals. About this result the Sonoran Alejandra Valenciain the end he could not hold back his tears as he felt “responsible” for not adding more points as he would have liked.

“It could have been much better, I didn’t feel like I was pulling well, I didn’t throw well, but my teammates did. and they brought out the strength and we are a team, the good thing is that we finished third as a team, which was something we were looking for to be able to get into the top four, we have to keep going,” said the bronze medalist in Tokyo.

We did well and we overcame adversity: Alejandra Valencia

The archer highlighted the unity and strength of the team with Ana Paula Vázquez and Ángela Ruiz after finishing third at the start of the women’s qualification in Paris 2024. 🇫🇷

👉 pic.twitter.com/mNlmEDpULN

— CONADE (@CONADE) July 25, 2024

In the modality per team, Mexico will see action next 28 of July.

Who will be the Mexicans’ rivals in Paris 2024?

After the round of Women’s Archery Rankingthe competition crossings have already been defined.

Next August 1st, the calendar is as follows:

• Alejandra Valencia vs Jennifer Mucino (United States)
• Ana Paula Vázquez vs Charline Schwarz (Germany).
• Angela Ruiz vs Bryony Pitman (Great Britain)

“We are all fighting for a medal, what helped us right now is being in the top four, with the first set of ‘bye’,” added the Sonoran.

#Paris2024

The women’s Archery qualification has concluded. Below is the ranking of each Mexican and their first match:

Alejandra Valencia🇲🇽 – 8 with 669 points vs Jennifer Mucino🇺🇸 (57)

Ana Paula Vázquez🇲🇽 – 20 with 659 points vs Charline Schwarz🇩🇪 (45)

Angela… pic.twitter.com/JjTfZASp0e

— Mexican Olympism (@OlimpismoMex) July 25, 2024

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