Yiftach Hadar won the Lancaster Classic! Yiftach defeated Levi Haraki from the USA in the final with a score of 129-126. Yiftach (Maccabi Kashatey HaEmek Ve Ha'har) dominated the match from the start, opening with six perfect arrows in the center of the target. Despite an attempted recovery by Haraki, who hit the special 12th ring twice, Hadar continued to display impressive accuracy with three more arrows in the center of the target and sealed the victory with a perfect set of 30 points.
Shamai Yamrom (Maccabi Kashatey Rishon LeZion) and Kfir Frank (Kashatet\y Kochav Hasharon) also participated in the competition.
In the qualifying stage, Shamai was ranked 23rd out of 108 in the Open Professional category with a score equivalent to 595 in regular scoring (top 64 advance to eliminations).
Yiftach was ranked 2nd with a score equivalent to 588 and Kfir was 88th (out of 116) with a set-breaker in the 16th set in the youth open category.
Top 32 in youth.
Shamai won the first round 130-129, but lost in the second round to the former world champion 129-132.
Yiftach won 127-124, 130-126, and 131-126 in the quarterfinals and qualified for the final stage of the shootout.
In the shootout, the 4th seed advances to the 3rd, the winner to the 2nd, and the winner to the 1st in the gold final. Thanks to the high results in the elimination and qualifying stages, Yiftazh is seeded in 1st place, guaranteeing a medal even before the competition.
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