The adventure of the Italian women’s trio at the 2024 World Archery Pre-Olympic ends in the round of 16currently taking place in Antalya (Türkiye). Tatiana Andreoli, Lucilla Boari and Chiara Rebagliatiafter closing the morning ranking round in eighth position, they were eliminated by Iran, thus losing their last chance to obtain a direct pass to the Paris Olympics.
The five-ring global qualifying tournament offered four slots for the women’s team event, with the final two slots to be distributed via the world rankings on June 24. Italy can still hold on to one very complicated repechage hypothesisbut he will have to hope for favorable results today and then find a great exploit next week in the World Cup (also in Antalya).
Returning to the news of today’s race, Italy was admitted directly to the round of 16 for having obtained one of the best 8 scores in qualifying, but found itself in the quarter-final led by China (a real battleship, winner of the first two seasonal stages of the World Cup, beating South Korea in the final).
However, the Italian team was unable to earn at least the chance to challenge the Chinese in a direct play-off for Paris, going out against the insidious Iranian trio formed by Mobina Fallah, Hourieh Haji Hosseini and Yasna Pourmahani. 53-53, 54-53 and 55-51 the partial scores of the three sets in favor of the Asian team, which will face China in the early afternoon with the ticket to Paris 2024 at stake.
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