Valencia wins bronze in the World Cup in Tlaxcala

Mexico City. In recent months, Alejandra Valencia has experienced a wave of emotions: from the euphoria of an Olympic medal to disappointment with the reduction in the amount of her scholarship.

Yesterday, the national archery team closed its season with a new joy: bronze in the World Cup Final in Tlaxcala.

“Obviously I wanted first place, but things don’t always go as planned. It was a heavy cycle, but historic results were achieved and I am satisfied,” declared the Sonoran, a specialist in the recurve bow modality.

In July, Valencia won Olympic team bronze in Paris and, just a month later, complained about a decrease in her scholarship from Ana Guevara’s outgoing administration at the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (Conade).

“What I ask the authorities is to focus on us and what we need,” added the continental monarch, who already spoke about the issue with Rommel Pacheco, the new head of the organization.

Yesterday, in Tlaxcala, the Sonoran defeated two Olympic medalists. First, in the quarterfinals, he defeated Lim Si-hyeon, individual, team and mixed champion in Paris, 6-4.

Later, in the dispute for bronze, she defeated fellow South Korean Jeon Hun-Young, from the champion team in the French capital just a couple of months ago, 6-2.

“After taking a well-deserved vacation, I’m going to shoot again little by little until I reach my level. For now, I am going to enjoy having beaten two top-level archers, which is not very easy to achieve,” said Valencia, who won a prize of 190 thousand pesos. The gold went to the Chinese Lo Jiaman and the silver to Deepika Kumari, from India. It is the third time that South Korea has not won a World Cup final in the last 10 years.

To the right of these lines, the young triathletes who won gold in the mixed relay: Juan Pablo Alonso, José Antonio Ruelas, Paola Zárate and Cinthya Zurbia. Photo @FedMexTriatlon

Ángela Ruiz, also a medalist in Paris, was eliminated in the quarterfinals, while, in the men’s category, Matías Grande fell in the dispute for bronze.

“It is true that I could have done better, but I am left with the effort I made. I enjoyed it a lot and now what follows is to take stock of everything that happened during the year,” Ruiz commented.

Mexico closed its participation with two bronze medals after the third place obtained by Dafne Quintero in the compound bow modality. The specialty’s next goal is the 2025 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

Double medal

Mexico celebrated twice at the Mixed Relay Tria-thlon World Championship by winning the title in the 16 to 19 and 20 to 29 age categories.

Cinthya Zurbia, Juan Pablo Alonso, Paola Zárate and José Antonio Ruelas achieved gold in Andalusia, Spain, at the end of the competition with a time of 1:34 hours.

The second place went to the representative of Spain with 1:34.38 hours while the bronze went to the United States with 1:37.17 hours.

Later, in the adult category, nationals Andrés Vargas, Brisa Miranda, Axel Flores and Natalia Irigoyen took the gold metal.

Harrie Lavreysen makes history in Denmark

The cyclist from the Netherlands, Harrie Lavreysen, became the most successful rider in the track cycling World Championships on Friday, reaching 16 titles after his victory in individual speed yesterday at the closing of the competition in Ballerup, Denmark.

Day after day, The Flying Dutchman He wrote history without leaving even a crumb to his rivals.

Untouchable to sprintthe five-time world champion won the premier event for the sixth consecutive year to further enrich a legendary track record.

Antonieta Gaxiola and Edibaldo Maldonado closed the Mexican participation by being left out in the preliminary phases of the points and elimination competition, respectively.