Archery WA World Championships 2023

[Fly_like_a_don 1,113]

First gold 

[Gianlu33 4,738]

I don't know what happened, but this is definitely not the Mexico I know. Pretty embarrassing semifinal for the Mexicans, who close with an average arrow of 8.44.

 

Germany wins easily, goes to the final and qualifies for the Olympics.

[AsensioWillemsen 158]

Germany through. That's not good. The girls now very definitely need to beat France.

 

At least this means one of the quota to Europe, it's something.

Edited August 4, 2023 by AsensioWillemsen

[AsensioWillemsen 158]

Nah. In this stage you should take chances like this. Not gonna happen if it goes like this.

[OlympicsFan 860]

I am not an expert, so maybe i missed something, but this seems really unexpected. Only possible explanation i see: Mexico has one elite athlete (who is probably better than all german athlete), but their 2nd/3rd athlete is worse than the 2nd/3rd german athlete. Of course i won't complain about this result. Worst possible outcome for Germany now is two silver medals, which is probably more than expected. Still the individual results and the men's team result were rather underwhelming.

 

Edit: How did Mexico manage to only score 45 points in the first round?

Edited August 4, 2023 by OlympicsFan

[Gianlu33 4,738]

  On 8/4/2023 at 12:32 PM, OlympicsFan said:

I am not an expert, so maybe i missed something, but this seems really unexpected. Only possible explanation i see: Mexico has one elite athlete (who is probably better than all german athlete), but their 2nd/3rd athlete is worse than the 2nd/3rd german athlete. Of course i won't complain about this result. Worst possible outcome for Germany now is two silver medals, which is probably more than expected. Still the individual results and the men's team result were rather underwhelming.

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Nah, Mexico just had problems today (maybe with the wind?) and Germany won because they was (surprisingly) better. I see the German the clear favourite for the gold today.

[AsensioWillemsen 158]

  On 8/4/2023 at 12:32 PM, OlympicsFan said:

I am not an expert, so maybe i missed something, but this seems really unexpected. Only possible explanation i see: Mexico has one elite athlete (who is probably better than all german athlete), but their 2nd/3rd athlete is worse than the 2nd/3rd german athlete. Of course i won't complain about this result. Worst possible outcome for Germany now is two silver medals, which is probably more than expected. Still the individual results and the men's team result were rather underwhelming.

 

Edit: How did Mexico manage to only score 45 points in the first round?

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Nah, Mexico just had a big oof. 

[Gianlu33 4,738]

Semifinals for France, so one between or will back at home with empty hands.

[AsensioWillemsen 158]

  On 8/4/2023 at 12:40 PM, Gianlu33 said:

Semifinals for France, so one between or will back at home with empty hands.

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I have not much doubt in who it will be, sadly. The poor aftertaste would mainly be within the poor communication by WA. I mean, this team is not a top contender and will have a rough time qualifying at all, in that sense Mexico would deserve this spot way more.

[Benolympique 2,398]

I'm sorry that France is in the final.. there will be an unfortunate.. may the best wi