Athletes from Brazil, Mexico and the United States won four golds, two silvers and three bronze medals at the third stage of the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Türkiye.
The competition was held from June 4-8 with the participation of these three nations plus Guatemala.
Qualifier
The Antalya competition was different from other stages of the World Cup.
The qualifier consisted of 60 arrows instead of 72 and the inner circle of the ten, known as X, was given the value of eleven.
Marcus D’Almeida of Brazil qualified first in the recurve men with 589 points.
Mexico’s Andrea Becerra qualified in second position in the compound women with 603 points.
In the same category, Mariana Bernal, also from Mexico, qualified in fifth position with 597 points, followed by Alexis Ruiz from the United States with the same score and Ana Sofia Hernandez from Mexico in eighth position with 593 points.
Two archers from the United States managed to qualify within the top eight in the compound men, Curtis Broadnax with 609 points in second position and Sawyer Sullivan with 602 points in eighth position.
Teams
The United States recurve women took the gold for the first time in 10 years.
Casey Kaufhold, Catalina Gnoriega and Jennifer Mucino defeated Italy 6-2.
Mexico took its third medal of the season in compound women’s teams. The team formed by Becerra, Bernal and Adriana Castillo took silver, losing the final for gold against Korea 241-233.
In the same category, the United States took the bronze by defeating India with a one-point difference, 239-238.
Mixed teams
Americans Broadnax and Ruiz won the gold medal in mixed compound teams. They faced Germany and won the match 166-157.
Individual
Marcus D’Almeida won the gold in recurve men‘s by defeating Buianto Tsyrendorzhiev 6-0.
Casey Kaufhold took bronze in the women’s event by defeating Italy’s Loredana Spera 6-4.
Andrea Becerra won her second individual gold by defeating Han Seungyeon of Korea 159-151 in the compound women’s event.
Alexis Ruiz took bronze in this category by defeating Mexico’s Mariana Bernal 151-147.
In the compound men’s, Nick Kappers of the United States took the silver medal. He lost the gold match against Nicolas Girard of France 157-154.
The fourth and final stage of the World Cup will be in Madrid from July 8 to 13.