Carioca Marcos Vinicius D’Almeida, Sunday (21), won the gold medal in the Shanghai (China) stage of the Shooting World Cup. In the final, the 25-year-old Brazilian beat South Korean Oh Jin Hyek, the Olympic champion at the London (UK) Games in 2012. The Asian country is the main force in this sport.
World runner-up in 2021 in Yankton (USA), Marcus reached the top of the World Cup for the second time. Last year, Carioca won the stage in Paris (France), and also beat the shooter from South Korea in the final: Kim Ji-duk, who won two gold medals at the Tokyo Games (Japan).
In archery, athletes shoot three arrows at a time hiring, which can add up to 30 points per fraction, depending on where the target is hit. Whoever gets the best score wins the round and scores two points in the match. In the event of a tie, each player scores one point. In Sunday’s final, Marcus won the first two sets (30/29 and 28/27) and opened 4 to 0, but Jen-Heike won the next two (27/28 and 26/28), tying the match at 4 to 4. In the round In the decisive, the Brazilian was the most efficient: he made 28 to 26 to close the dispute at 6 to 4.
“It was a tough match, with ups and downs. I started well, but then I just couldn’t hold on. I’m happy to win at the end. Winning the gold was nice, because I want to stay on top of the world. classification world,” highlighted the carioca for the World Archery website, the archery’s international federation, citing the position it has held since February of this year.
To be champion in Shanghai, Marcus had to face five challengers. Before confronting Jin-Hike, the Brazilian beat Iranian Reza Shabani (7 to 3), Mexico’s Caleb Urbina (6 to 0), Japan’s Saito Fumiya (6 to 2), and French Baptiste Addis (6 to 0). Chinese Li Zhongyuan (7 to 3).
Victory in China has already secured Marcos the final stage of the World Cup, which will take place on September 9-10, in Hermosillo (Mexico). Last year, the Brazilian finished the dispute in Tlaxcala (Mexico) in fifth place.
