Gold for the women's archery team in China
Gold for the women's archery team in China
From the Editorial Staff
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Mexicans Andrea Becerra, Mariana Bernal, and Adriana Castillo won gold in the women's compound archery team event after defeating India in the final of the World Cup in Shanghai, China.
The Tricolors first defeated Chinese Taipei to advance to the semifinals, where they defeated Turkey. In the decisive match, they secured first place with a 234-222 victory over India.
Becerra will continue competing in the individual category, where she currently holds the world ranking of number one.
Meanwhile, the men's team, comprised of Sebastián García, Luis Lezama, and Rodrigo González, won the silver medal in their respective finals, losing 232-228 to the Indian team, which took the gold.
Meanwhile, Matías Grande continues his good run, having qualified for the semifinals yesterday.
After finishing seventh in the qualifying round, the reigning Pan American champion returned to the shooting range with the intention of placing among the top four in the second stage of the World Archery Series.
To advance, he won four consecutive matches: 7-1 against the Swiss Thomas Rufer, 7-3 against the Bangladeshi Abdur Rahman, 7-1 against the Brazilian Marcus D'Almeida and 7-1 against the Dutch Willem Bakker.
▲ The Baja California native placed at the top of the race. Photo @uae_team_emirates
From the Editorial Staff
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Mexican cyclist Isaac del Toro doesn't differentiate between rivals or categories. As a star teammate of Spaniard Juan Ayuso and Briton Adam Yates, who started as general classification contenders in the 108th edition of the Giro d'Italia, the 21-year-old competitor crossed the line yesterday alongside the pack of favorites to provisionally place himself at the top of the pack during his debut in one of the most prestigious competitions in the sport in the world.
Born in Ensenada, Baja California, the UAE Team Emirates cyclist worked hard for his leaders. His presence in the Giro represents a major achievement for Mexico in the discipline, as it recalls our country's historic triumphs in men's road cycling with Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio. Leveraging his competitive mindset, Del Toro finished in 20th place with the same time (3:36.24) as other stars, such as Colombian Nairo Quintana, achieved after the race.
The Giro d'Italia began yesterday in Albania and will finish on June 1st at the Vatican, in tribute to Pope Francis. There will be a total of 21 stages: two time trials, six sprint stages, eight medium-mountain stages, and five high-altitude stages with 30 kilometers of unpaved roads. There will also be three rest days.
Spaniard Mikel Landa leaves
At the end of the first stage, Danish cyclist Mads Pedersen won in Tirana and secured the overall leader's pink jersey , on a day marked by the crash and retirement of Spaniard Mikel Landa.
The Basque rider from Soudal Quick-Step, who finished third in the Giro in 2015 and 2022, suffered a fractured vertebra, as determined at the hospital through a scan and medical tests. Landa, in severe pain, was taken off on a stretcher and wearing a neck brace after falling onto the asphalt during a descent five kilometers from the finish.
For the moment, Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) was the first to raise his arms, narrowly beating the sprint of Belgian Wout van Aert, within a group of around thirty riders that included all the main favorites of this Giro , except Landa. Venezuelan Orluis Aular (Movistar Team) followed them on his wheel and placed third overall.
"I wasn't feeling very well during the stage, but I wanted to try because there are few opportunities to win the pink jersey . It's a shame to have finished second, but it was better than I expected," said Van Aert, who has been hampered by illness in recent weeks.
It's the 29-year-old Pedersen's second stage win at the Giro , following a stage victory in 2023. Sunday marks the final stage in Albania before the peloton heads to Italy on Monday, a rest day.
With information from AFP
FIFA will expand the Women's World Cup to 48 teams in 2031.
AFP
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Paris. The Women's World Cup will increase from 32 to 48 teams, the same number as the men's tournament, starting with the 2031 edition. This decision was taken unanimously at the FIFA Council's videoconference meeting , taking into account the significant progress recently made by women's football around the world
, the organization said in a statement.
In the men's World Cup, the expansion to 48 teams will take effect in the 2026 edition, which will be played in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The last women's tournament, which Spain won in Australia-New Zealand in 2023, was the first with 32 teams, and the next one, in 2027 in Brazil, will repeat the same number.
The event will be expanded to 48 participants in 2031, an edition that still has no official venue, although the United States is emerging as the host.
This new modification to the Cup was hinted at by an announcement made by FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the UEFA Congress held in Belgrade in April. "It's not just about having 16 additional teams, but about taking a further step in the development of women's football in general
," he explained.
The director thus expressed his desire that more members now have the opportunity to take advantage of the tournament to develop their own football structures in this category
.
The fact that more representatives can access elite competition
will accelerate investment in women's football around the world
, FIFA stressed.
The United States is the only candidate for the 2031 edition so far, while the United Kingdom, with its four federations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), is hoping to host the 2035 edition.
To host the 2031 World Cup, the Americans could partner with other CONCACAF members
, such as Mexico, Infantino revealed in Belgrade. If so, it would follow the model of the 2026 Men's World Cup.
Cowboy struggles to get off the scale
▲ Emanuel Vaquero Navarrete (left) struggled yesterday when he made the weight class on his third attempt to make his first defense of the World Boxing Organization super featherweight championship. The Mexican first missed by 0.3 pounds and then reached the 130 pounds required by the division. The Mexican will face Filipino Charly Suárez (129.9 pounds) today in San Diego, after winning the title in December in a battle in which he defeated Sonoran Oscar Valdez. Photo @Toprank
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