BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s Zhang Mengyao won the girls’ recurve individual archery gold medal at the Youth Olympics by beating Spain’s Elia Canales in the final here on Tuesday.

Zhang Mengyao of China competes during Archery Women’s Recurve Individual Semifinal


After an evenly contested opening, Zhang pulled away from her rival in the second set and eventually won 6-2.
Top-ranked Zhang finished with an overall score of 108 points while 11th-ranked Canales ended with 104 points.
In the bronze medal match, Son Yeryeong of South Korea overcame Mexican Valentina Vazquez Cadena 7-3.

Gold medalist Zhang Mengyao (C) of China poses with silver medalist Elia Canales (L) of Spain and bronze medalist Son Yeryeong of South Korea during the awarding ceremony for Archery Women’s Recurve Individual at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Oct.16, 2018.

Ranked No. 4, Son concluded the final with an overall points tally of 138 while Vazquez’s tally stood at 131.
(Xinhua/Wang Lili)

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