Both French teams were knocked out this Thursday at the Stade Charléty, in the last 16 stage of the Paris World Cup. Silver medalists at the Berlin Worlds two weeks ago, Les Bleues lost 6-0 to Mexico, the world bronze medalists, after beating Moldova by the same score in the first round.
Anaëlle Florent accompanies Lisa Barbelin and Caroline Lopez this time, replacing Audrey Adiceom, the French woman fourth in the qualifying standings. “It’s a bit frustrating, two weeks ago we were almost on top of the world, and there we lost 8th, sorry Caroline López. But we did the best we could, we weren’t used to touring with Anaëlle, but we all got along. Maybe there’s a shortage of something we have in Berlin…”
The Blues (Jean-Charles Valladont, Baptiste Addis and Romain Fichet) could have no regrets, being beaten by Taiwan, after the game in hand (4-2, 37-38 before the last dart of the fourth set). The last dart was a complete miss (1 point) forcing them to open fire, losing 27-29.
India won the bronze medal, while South Korea and Taiwan will compete for the title on Sunday at Invalides, during the weekend serving as a test event for the 2024 Olympics. The same poster in the women’s final, and the same country in the third step of the podium, India beat Mexico is on penalties (27-25) in the final for bronze.
