Lto spanish Elia Canales won the gold medal in the recurve bow at the Grand Prix of Antalya (Turkey), after beat the French Lisa Barbelin 6-5 in the final on the tiebreaker arrow.
The gusts of wind made a final level very difficult from start to finish. The first two points were scored by Barbelin with 27 points in the first three arrows for 26 Channels.
The reaction of the Tarragona woman, only 19 years old, was immediate andIn the second round he won 25-28, equaling the final score at 2.
The third turn ended in a tie at 25 and in the fourth Channels he went ahead by getting a 24-27, which rose 3-5 on the scoreboard.
In the fifth and final round, Barbelin won 27-19 and tied at 5.
In the tiebreaker arrow, Elia Canales, silver at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games, demonstrated his greater concentration by shooting first and scoring a 10, which Barberin couldn’t match with a 9. The gold medal went to the Spanish 6-5.
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