First medals awarded in Riom for teams and mixed teams

First medals awarded in Riom for teams and mixed teams
Riom - 19 April 2013   The team competitions that took place this morning were an opportunity to discover young talents who are starting to make a name for themselves on the international stage.
   
Season opening tournaments are always an occasion to discover young new athletes. This year in Riom, Spain won a promising bronze medal in the recurve men division, after a convincing victory against Italy 194-186. The 18-year-old Miguel ALVARINO greatly contributed to this success.

"I am happily surprised by this result, because I was very nervous when I arrived in Riom. And it showed during qualifications: I did not shoot at my usual level", explained ALVARINO. "For this is fantastic, and I came to the conclusion that I do not train enough to be a contender at the international level and that I must practice more.  In the end this bronze medal is a motivation for the future", concluded ALVARINO.

France was the dominant country with victories in three gold medal matches out of a possible four. The hardest-fought gold medal final of the day was the recurve men's, which the French team won in a shoot-off thanks to a smooth final arrow by Olympian Jean-Charles VALLADONT.

The Russian recurve mixed pair made of Bolot TSYBZHITOV and Inna STEPANOVA won the title over Ukraine for just a point, 135-134. In the compound mixed team event, the French pair made of GENET-LEBECQUE won the gold medal - the second medal of thee day for both these archers.
   
Recurve Men Team
  
Gold Silver Bronze
FRANCE RUSSIA SPAIN Thomas AUBERT Bolot TSYBZHITOV
Antonio FERNANDEZ Michael SANNA Radmir SHAYNUROV Juan I. RODRIGUEZ Jean-Charles VALLADONT
Bair TSYBEKDORZHIEV Miguel ALVARINO  
  
Recurve Women Team

Gold Silver Bronze
UKRAINE POLAND GERMANY Anastasia PAVLOVA Malgorzata SOBIERAJ Lisa UNRUH Kateryna PALEKHA Anna SZUKALSKA Karina WINTER Kateryna YAVORSKA Karina LIPIARSKA Elena RICHTER  

Compound Men Team

Gold Silver Bronze
FRANCE SLOVENIA NORWAY Dominique GENET Vili KOROSEC Mads HAUGSETH Pierre-Julien DELOCHE Luka STOSEVSKI Njaal AAMAAS Christophe DOUSSOT Arne CERNE Oddmund TJENTLAND  
  
 Compound Women Team 
   
Gold Silver FRANCE POLAND Pascale LEBECQUE Anna STANIECZIEK Caroline MARTRET Katarzyna SZALANSKA Sandrine VANDIONANT-FRANGILLI Renata LESNIAK     
      
Recurve Mixed Team

Gold Silver Bronze RUSSIA UKRAINE ITALY Bolot TSYBZHITOV Yaroslav MOKRYNSKY Alberto ZAGAMI Inna STEPANOVA Anastasia PAVLOVA Sara VIOLI
Compound Mixed Team
  
Gold
Silver
Bronze
FRANCE
BELGIQUE
SLOVENIA
Dominique GENET
Jean-Philippe DURLET Vili KOROSEC
Pascale LEBECQUE
Catheline DESSOY
Toja CERNE
  
Stay tuned for the individual finals tomorrow, on our website and on the French Federation website and facebook page.