The most disappointing group of archers on Thursday had clearly been the men’s compound group from the US. Despite all finishing in the top 11 of qualifying not a single one advanced even as far as the quarterfinals. With a chance to move on from that and have some success as a team on Friday the trio of Alex Wifler, Steve Anderson, and Reo Wilde shot the highest scores of each round and advanced to Saturday’s gold medal final. The first round wasn’t close as the US easily outpointed #16 seed Hong Kong 236-220 but the quarterfinals and semifinals were much closer battles with the US advancing by two points over #8 Turkey 235-233 and by a single point over #12 Australia 232-231. The US opponent in the final will be #10 Iran who upset #2 Netherlands in a tiebreaker after tying them at 232 in the semifinals.

The other teams for the US didn’t have much success on Friday. The men’s recurve team of Zach Garrett, Brady Ellison, and Jacob Wukie were the #1 seed and beat #16 Canada 5-3 to open but were upset by #9 Great Britain 5-1 in the quarterfinals. The women’s recurve team of Khatuna Lorig, La Nola Pritchard, and Mackenzie Brown were the #13 seed and didn’t fare well getting shutout 6-0 by #4 India. The women’s compound team of Crystal Gauvin,  Danielle Reynolds, and Dahlia Crook were also in a #4-#13 match but as the favorite against Turkey. Things didn’t turn out well for the US though as Turkey pulled a 231-225 upset.

Saturday is the compound finals and the only US participants will be the men’s team in the gold medal final.

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