Jäätma beats Estonian rival to retain Sud de France compound archery title Sunday, 31 January 2021
Estonian Lisell Jäätma defended her women’s compound crown at the Sud de France Nimes Archery Tournament with victory over compatriot Meeri-Marita Paas.
Second seed Jäätma edged Luxembourg’s Mariya Shkolna and France’s Lola Grandjean before seeing off fifth seed Paas 147-144 in the final.
Lola clinched bronze with a 144-143 win over top seed Amanda Mlinarić of Croatia.
Fourth seed Jean Philippe Boulch of France came out on top in the men’s compound final, beating compatriot Adrien Gontier 149-144.
Estonia’s Robin Jäätma produced one of the shocks of the day when he downed top seed Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.
Archers from 13 nations set to compete in Sud de France tournament Friday, 29 January 2021
More than 100 archers from 13 countries are due to take part in the Sud de France Nimes Archery Tournament this weekend - one of the sport s biggest in-person events to have been staged since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Elimination matches begin tomorrow, with the event having been delayed by two weeks due to the French Government s pandemic-related restrictions on sporting events.
Having initially been planned to coincide with stage three of the remote 2021 Indoor Archery World Series, it now acts as a bonus stage.
There are 43 men s recurve, 20 women s recurve, 32 men s compound and 16 women s compound entries in all, with all athletes and officials having to have presented a negative coronavirus test at tournament registration.
Number of entrants at archery event in France reduced due to coronavirus Saturday, 2 January 2021
The number of participants at the Sud de France Nimes Archery Tournament has been restricted after local authorities approved health protocols for the event.
Competition will only be open to 64 archers in the four primary categories - recurve men, recurve women, compound men and compound women.
Every participant at the tournament, scheduled to take place between January 29 and 31, will have to had either returned a negative PCR test for COVID-19 within 72 hours of their arrival or provided a certificate of vaccination to be eligible to compete.