British para-archer Guillaume Toucoullet vice-world champion in Dubai

It was not not arrived since 2009. A representative of the tricolor delegation vice-champion of the disabled world of archery. A performance achieved this Sunday by the archer Guillaume Toucoullet, in Dubai. L’Angloy, after a hung final against the Japanese Ueyama Tomohiro, lost but brought back the silver medal.

Led 4/0 after the first two ends won by the Japanese with a score of 29-27. Tied in the third set 27-27 (5/1 at that time for the Nippon). Before the start of a great comeback for Toucoullet, who takes the next two sets (26-25; 27-25). A final which will be disputed on the shoot-off arrow (9 to 8). Despite the defeat, the satisfaction was there for the athlete dismissed from the Archers de la Humade, who is recovering after the disappointment of the Paralympic Games last August.

The joy of Toucoullet after the game

Final to relive (from 3:35)

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