The Spanish team won the second medal of the day in Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. He got it in the shot Juan Antonio Saavedrawho hanged himself bronze in ten meter mixed rifle in prone position in SH1 category.
The Spanish shooter completed an amazing competition, all compressed this Sunday morning. At dawn, upon qualifying, advanced to second in the final of the best eight, where he was in the fight for medals from the beginning.
Specifically, in the match for bronze, which was won with a total 232.1 points. He is seven tenths away from going into the fight for gold and silver, shared by the Slovaks Veronika Vadovicovawith a Paralympic record of 254.2 points, and Radoslav Malenovsky with 253.6.
A 9.9 on the second shot of the third round This prevented Saavedra from fighting for a bigger prize in the following, because then the two Slovaks went up in the fight for the first two places. But that was the only shot the Spaniard recorded, with 10.9 and five 10.8 in his shots.
Saavedra was second after the first two rounds of positioning with 105.9 points, just a tenth behind Vadovicova. The eliminations began, with the worst of the eight classified in every two shots being awarded a bye-bye. no problem, The Spanish were successful in each of these phases to finish 1.3 points ahead of Chinese Huanyu Xie.
He did not hesitate in the decisive round to prove his medal, with the two Slovaks very far away. He achieved a 1.7 point difference in the Asian and, in this way, he secured the third position extending his excellent record.
At the age of fifty, this is his third medal at the Paralympic Games. He earned the first Spanish qualification spot for Paris 2024, a Games that ends with a bronze to add to his silver from London 2012 and his bronze from Tokyo 2021. Saavedra was in the fifty-meter rifle test in the prone position that is left.
In this medal, Spain has reached thirteen medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. He collected three gold, one silver and nine bronze.
Source: La Verdad
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