National archery championship began
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Photo: JITHavana.- With the domains of Adrián Puentes and Elizabeth Rodríguez in the double round to 70 meters, which organizes the participants for the rest of the tests, began this Thursday in the Matancera town of Jagüey Grande elite archery championship in the recurvo specialty.
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympian completed 646 points after the 72 arrows fired, while she stayed at 594, two notes that could be better, coach Vladimir Quintas told JIT.
"The orientation of the terrain and the sun against them greatly influenced, because that negatively affects the alignment of the rope," explained Quintas, who expected higher runs, especially for the girls.
Elizabeth, leader of this same segment in 2018, was followed by Sheila Gorina (580) and Maydenia Sarduy (576), the latter the best results in the women's team at the Central American Games in Barranquilla, last summer.
For the men were placed behind Adrián the veteran Juan Carlos Stevens with 629 and Rayner Torres owner of 624, in a result more in line with the expected, since the technicians had already anticipated that the last of them is perhaps the one of greater progress within those not yet established.
Hugo Franco, individual champion of the previous edition, did not close this stage in one of the first three places, but that will not prevent him from showing recovery and can stay at the end with a medal or even repeat his reign.
Tomorrow will be held the Mixed event in which they defend the crown Stevens and Elizabeth, who reigned 12 months ago as locals in Santiago de Cuba ahead of Adrián and Yailín Paredes.
On that occasion Elizabeth became the only one of the appointment with pair of first places, and then later dominated the individual Olympic Round, something that Stevens could not get between men.
This time the contest serves women in preparation for the final qualifying event in Lima 2019, which they will face at the end of March in the Chilean capital.
His colleagues already have insurance that step since in August of the previous year they secured the tickets in the appointment that hosted Medellín, Colombia. (JIT)
