Mexico shone at this year’s World Youth Archery Championship in Wroclaw, Poland, bringing home three gold medals.
Selene Rodríguez claimed first place in the under-18 compound category, attending her first international competition. She beat Priya Gurjar of India 139-136.
“[I’m] very excited, it’s something I’ve never felt before. I’ve never been a world champion,” Rodríguez said.
In the final against Gurjar, each archer scored 28 points before Rodríguez took a three-point lead over her opponent in the second final. All of her arrows except one landed in the yellow bullseye.
Mexico’s under-21 compound women’s team, composed of Dafne Quintero, Mariana Bernal and Astrid Alanis, also took home gold after beating the Russian team.
Selene Rodriguez 🇲🇽 is the new under-18 compound world champion! 🥇👏 pic.twitter.com/X56JcCnTuA
— World Archery (@worldarchery) August 14, 2021
On the men’s side, Mexico racked up another win thanks to the under-21 men’s team, made up of Rodrigo Olvera, Sebastián García y Luis Lezama, who won 230-229 against Turkey.
With reports from El Universal
