Archery: the French vice-world team champions one year before the Paris Games

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2023-08-04 17:23:27

The French archers Lisa Barbelin, Audrey Adiceom and Caroline Lopez became vice-world team champions this Friday in Berlin, beaten by the Germans (3-5), one year before the Olympic Games in Paris.

After beating the Netherlands in the semi-final (6-0), the Habs had to admit defeat by a small point at the end of the suspense in the final in the quest for a first world title for archery. French women’s bow in recurve, the Olympic category, but they go up a step compared to the team bronze won at the 2021 World Cup.

Before the semi-finals, the French had benefited from a table which had opened with the elimination of the great favorites South Koreans, who bowed to everyone’s surprise in front of the Indonesians in the round of 16.

Seventh world medal for French women’s archery

In any case, they bring back a seventh medal for the French women’s archery team at the Worlds, after silver (1947 and 1953) and bronze (1937, 1949, 1987 and 2021). And with this podium, are full of confidence one year from the Olympic Games at home on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris. With a team event scheduled for July 28, 2024.


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