18 May 2011 - Road to Torino 2011: Archery demo at football match Juventus v Chievo

Road to Torino 2011: Archery demo at football match Juventus v Chievo Turin (ITA) – 18 May 2011 Natalia VALEEVA (photo © Juventus F.C.)    The World Archery and Para Championships 2011 are approaching. As part of the programme to launch the event to be held in Turin, Italy from 3-17 July 2011, the Italian archers Marco GALIAZZO, Natalia VALEEVA, Oscar DE PELLEGRIN and Elisabetta MIJNO competed on Monday night 9 May 2011 during the break at the Serie A football match between Juventus and Chievo the last home game of the season and the last game ever played at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin. 
The Olympic champion Marco GALIAZZO and the world champion Natalia VALEEVA along with the Paralympic athletes Oscar DE PELLEGRIN and Elisabetta MIJNOhad a double challenge in an exceptional showcase demo: the football league Serie A. 

When the two football teams were back in the locker room after the first 45 minutes of the game, the spotlight was turned to the archers of the archery national team, who shot a single 3-arrow end match at a 70-metre distance.
Marco GALIAZZO, individual gold medal at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and team silver at the Beijing 2008 Games challenged the several time world champion Natalia VALEEVA, the top Italian female archer. The two athletes were close, but after three arrows GALIAZZO won 29-28.   The other challenge was a match between the European champions in para mixed team:  Oscar DE PELLEGRIN, Paralympic gold medallist and world record holder, flanked on the shooting line Elisabetta MIJNO, member of Italian para-archery team. DE PELLEGRIN shot a perfect score and won the demo by 30-28. View the video of the demo Source: Turin 2011 Edited by World Archery Communication   Natalia VALEEVA and Marco GALIAZZO (photo © Juventus F.C. ) Elisabetta MIJNO and Oscar DE PELLEGRIN (photo © Juventus F.C.)