Pablo Acha succeeded at the 2021 European Championships also and fellow countryman Alvarino then retained the same title for Spain in 2022.
Temino Mediel – the second seed of the individuals – was the one partnering Canales today but the 24 year old archer has shot alongside national icon Alvarino many times before and they prevailed together in the Krakow-Malopolska 2023 European Games mixed team event.
Today’s massive piece of history has now surpassed anything her former partner has done, and the tears on the podium painted the picture of a long lasting target completed.
“I’m really proud of it because this season I didn’t shoot a 670 in any competition, so that doing in a world championship, it’s better,” she replied when asked about her own individual shooting from yesterday’s qualification where she equalled her personal best of 673.
Canales and Temino Mediel etching their names into the history books came at the cost of home nation Korea however who began the recurve week without any setbacks from their supreme standards as An San and Woojin broke the mixed team 144-arrow record [1393 points].
2022 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final champion An San was in a pleasant mood after the women’s team medal ceremony – which Korea captured bronze in – but inside she will be reeling from an unideal strat to her campaign at 5.18 Democracy Square.
The Korean collapse was mainly down to her, failing to land a single arrow in the 10-ring and an extremely wide-right seven, touching the six line.
“It’s true that it was really hard because the match ended late and I didn’t have a lot of time to recover,” An San, 24, explained when discussing the difference between her performance in the mixed team gold and women’s team bronze. “I feel really sorry and grateful to Woojin, but I think I loosened up a bit after I did the mixed team event, so I think I was able to convey myself better during the team event.”
