After five days, Russia leads the first stage of Para Archery European Cup 2019.
6 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes for RUSSIA to lead the Final Medal Standings, 2nd place for TURKEY (3 golds and 2 bronzes) and 3rd position for host-nation ITALY (1 gold, 5 silvers and 2 bronzes).
En-plein for Russia in the three Mixed Team finals: gold for Svetlana BARANTSEVA/Anton ZIAPAEV (Recurve Open), Elena KRUTOVA/Aleksei LEONOV (W1) and Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA/Bair SHIGAEV (Compound Open).
Shootoff final for gold in Recurve Open Women between Svetlana BARANTSEVA (RUS) and Elisabetta MIJNO (ITA), 9-7 for the Russian archer; Asia PELLIZZARI (ITA), the youngest archers in Olbia, takes gold in W1 Women Final against Victoria RUMARY (GBR).
Next leg will be in Nove Mesto nad Metuji (CZE) in July, before Final Stage in Wiesbaden (GER) in August.
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