Bittersweet Farewell for Mexican Archery Veterans
Mexican archers shine at Paris 2024. Valencia fights back to advance, young Grande impresses, while veterans Vázquez and Rojas bid emotional farewells. Team wins bronze, raising national hopes.
Archer Alejandra Valencia Trujillo earned her ticket to the round of 16 in the women's individual event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, after adding her first two victories in the elimination round. The bronze medalist in Tokyo 2020 and in the current Olympic edition began her journey against the American Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez, whom she defeated with a score of 6-2 to access the round of 32.
In that instance, the current world runner-up would shoot against the Ukrainian Veronika Marchenko, who caused a stir by beating Tsai-Chi Li, from Chinese Taipei. The European showed that her first victory was not a coincidence and put the Mexican in trouble, who was visibly dissatisfied with her first shots.
