Scunthorpe archer Victoria Rumary, who is currently ranked as world number one in the Women’s W1 class, has qualified for the next round at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The 33-year-old took part in the ranking round qualification event on Friday, August 27, finishing in an impressive sixth place in the Women’s Individual W1 ranking round, to earn her place in the knockout round.
Victoria was given a bye into the quarter-final where she will face Rejane Candida da Silva from Brazil on Tuesday, August 31 as she continues to reach for her dream of a medal at her debut Paralympic Games. The winner will then face Italy’s Asia Pellizzari.
Scunthorpe’s Victoria Rumary finished in sixth place. | Photo: I@nseo
All of the female archers from ParalympicGB qualified for the next round, with a particular standout performance from Jess Stretton, who ranked first in the Individual Women’s Compound Open with a Paralympic record score of 694. Jess, along with Nathan Macqueen, will compete in the Mixed Team Compound Open which takes place on Sunday, August 29.
Phoebe Paterson Pine, who is competing in her first Paralympics recorded a personal best of 670 (ranking 16th).
And Hazel Chaisty scored a season’s best of 571 in the Women’s Individual Recurve Open, ranking 12th out of 24 competitors.
The Lincolnite welcomes your views. All comments are reactively-moderated and must obey the house rules. Please stay on topic and be respectful of other readers.
Protesters appealed to Lincoln councillors from across all parties to join them in a minute’s silence to honour the victims of the Israel-Hamas war, but none participated.
Organised by members of the Lincoln Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (Lincoln TUSC) and Lincoln Friends of Palestine, the vigil took place outside the Guildhall during Tuesday’s full council meeting, where attendees called on local representatives to take a moment out of their busy agenda to join them in solidarity.
A new driver who caused the deaths of two teenage friends just 28 days after passing her test was spared jail after a judge heard moving pleas from her victims’ families.
Lara Jensen, 20, from Grimsby, was taking a group of young friends to watch the sunset before they all went off to university when she misjudged a triangular junction and crossed in front of an oncoming car.
Whatsapp
