Mexico, USA, Brazil, El Salvador, and Colombia won medals for the Americas at the Hyundai World Archery Championships.
The competition took place from September 5 to 12 in Gwangju, Korea, with 501 competitors from 75 countries participating.
In addition to these five countries from the Americas, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, and Puerto Rico also competed.
Mexico came in second place of the medal standings with two gold medals and one bronze.
Andrea Maya Becerra won the compound women’s title against Sofía Paiz of El Salvador by a single point, 147-146.
In addition to this gold medal, Becerra took first place in the compound women’s team event alongside her teammates Mariana Bernal and Adriana Castillo. The Mexican team faced the USA and won the match 236-231.
Becerra’s third medal was the compound mixed team bronze alongside Sebastián García.
USA finished eighth in the medal standings with two silver medals, both in team competitions.
Olivia Dean, Alexis Ruiz, and Sydney Sullenberger won the silver medal in the compound women’s event; whileTrenton Cowles, Brady Ellison, and Christian Stoddard finished second in the recurve men’s category.
Brazil and El Salvador tied for tenth place in the medal count with one silver medal each.
Marcus D’Almeida was runner-up in the recurve men.. He lost the gold medal match in a shoot-off against Andres Temino of Spain.
Sofia Paiz was runner-up in the compound women’s competition. Both medals were an historic result for these countries.
Finally, Colombia ranked 14th with a bronze medal. Alejandra Usquiano came in third place in the compound women’s event. She defeated Parneet Kaur by one point, 145-144.