This is how Juan Diego Blas will participate in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

by times news cr

2024-09-01 06:27:29

The shooter already knows his rival! Paralympic Games Paris 2024 officially started and with them the Guatemalans are in the final stretch of their preparation and we will tell you how it will be Participation of Juan Diego Blas in the jousts.

On the first day of testing for rank to the for athletes in the specialty of recurve bow where he will compete national team. Below we will tell you what Juan Diego’s competition will be like and when you should be on the lookout to show your support. How cool!

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Juan Diego Blas’ participation in para archery

He format of the competence It is based on knockout stages and scored rounds, where archers shoot arrows at a target 70 meters away. distance.

Each shot is judged by its proximity to the center of the target, and athletes must maintain not only their aim, but also their strategic skills, as time control and stress management are essential during competition.

The debut of Juan Diego Blas It took place this Thursday, August 29, 2024 in the qualifying round in the recurve bow specialty where 30 competed for archers from different parts of the world.

Photo description for people with visual disabilities: In the image, the Guatemalan para archer at the moment of shooting an arrow, during Juan Diego Blas’ participation in the Paris 2024 Paralympics. (Credit: GUAParalimpico)

Juan Diego’s presentation in Paris

He for chapín shooter came on stage in the esplanade of the Invalides where the para athletes will have to face a target and their rival to seek the best result. Juan Diego in the Ranking test ended in the 17th place after accumulating 296 points in the first half and 310 in the second, after 72 arrows, to achieve a historic performance in its first Olympics.

With a total of 606 points, she was ranked 17th out of 30 participants. top It was done by the Frenchman Guillaume Toucoullet with a score of 652 points and imposing a Paralympic record at the Paris jousts.

The path to medals in archery

The competitions include a qualifying round in which the for archers Number 72 arrows12 points of six arrows each, at distances of 50 or 70 meters. Each participant has four minutes to shoot his six arrows.

After the qualifying roundathletes compete head to head in elimination rounds consisting of five rounds, in which athletes use three arrows per roundIn it, Juan Diego will face the Colombian Hector Julio Ramirez, who in the ranking round was ranked 15th with a total of 611 points.

The round of eleventh anniversary of the end Juan Diego will play it on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, starting at 6:50 a.m. in Guatemala, where he will seek passage to the round of 16. That same day, will define the medals starting at 11:00 a.m. Guatemala time.

So get ready to enjoy the presentation of the para chapin shooter who is enjoying his first tournaments and will undoubtedly seek to put Guatemala at the top in Paris. What an honor!

Photo description for visually impaired people: In the image, the Guatemalan para archer walks to observe the arrows on the target during the qualifying round at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. (Credit: GUAParalimpico)

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