Venezuela, Canada and Brazil win YOG spots in continental qualifier

5 December 2013

Buenos Aires (ARG)

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Ten cadet men and twelve cadet women born between 1997 and 1999 stood on the shooting line at Buenos Aires, Argentina to fight for two positions in each gender. On the girls' side the two top seeded and pre-competition favourites Guatemala's Regina ROMERO (4th at the 2013 Cadet World Championships) and Brazil's Isabela BERGANTIN de ARAUJO lost their semi-final matches to the eventual spot winners: Brazil's Ana Clara DIAS DE CARVALHO (photo) and Venezuela's Verona VILLEGAS respectively.

Contrary to what happened with the young ladies, the two highest ranked archers won spots for their countries in the match round. David Van der SPEK (CAN) and Jose Gregorio CAPOTE (VEN), who had placed second and first in the WA 1440 ranking round worked their way through to the finals and to winning the two positions available. Venezuela and Canada had already secured these spots when the four quarter-final winners came from these two countries (two each).

The event that took place on 2-6 December in Argentina was the second opportunity for archers in the Americas to win spots for the Nanjing Games. Five other slots had been gained at the Youth World Championships held in China in October: USA and Mexico (women), Argentina, Brazil and Mexico (Men).

The Americas will be represented by nine archers in Nanjing (four women and five men) from six countries. In Singapore 2010, only five archers from three countries were able to qualify.