Archery: Chiara Rebagliati wins bronze medal and Olympic quota spot

First Olympic pass in archery for Italia Team.

Chiara Rebagliati has won the bronze medal in the women’s individual event at the European Games in Kraków. The Italian, in addition to the European podium, also obtained the precious national place left vacant by Spain’s Elia Canales, who had already secured one by winning gold in the mixed team event.

The archer from Liguria got through both the round of 16 and the quarter-finals in a commanding manner, getting the better of Poles Natalia Lesniak (7-1) and Magdalena Smialkowska (6-4) respectively.

Later, in the penultimate act, she suffered a severe 6-0 defeat against the strong British competitor Healey Penny. An inevitably tense and hard-fought final finally saw her prevail 6-4 against Ukraine’s Anastasiia Pavlova.