Unfortunately for the US on Saturday it seemed everything was coming up silver for the US in the compound finals. Despite having a competitor in four of the five gold medal finals only the men’s compound team was able to win their final. Headlining the tough day was Crystal Gauvin who went 0-3 in finals on Saturday and had to settle for just two silvers.

The first final was the compound women’s team of Crystal Gauvin, Emile Bee, and Dhalia Cook taking on #1 Colombia. The US scored 11 less than their semifinal round 233 from Friday and lost the final 229-222, though they grabbed their first women’s compound medal of the year. The next final was the bright spot on the day for the US, gold from the men’s team of Alex Wifler, Steve Anderson, and Braden Gellenthien. They defeated #6 Italy in the final by a score of 232-229. This was the second time in two tries this year the US team had reached the final but their first win.

The mixed teams competed next with Gauvin and Wifler unable to grab an extra medal as they lost to #7 France in the bronze medal match by a narrow 150-149 margin. Gauvin lost her third match of the day in the compound women’s gold final on a tiebreaker against #1 Sara Lopez after they tied at 146. Guavin had been knocked out in the quarterfinals in Shanghai so medaling here was a step forward. Finally in the men’s final the unexpected matchup of #18 Reo Wilde and #16 Sergio Pagni saw the Italian get the better of the matchup 146-143, by far Wilde’s worst shooting match of the competition. Still a good result for Wilde who had been knocked out in the round of 32 in Shanghai.

Sunday’s final day of competition will see medal opportunities for the women’s recurve team of Erin Mickelberry, Lauren Clamon, and Anna Miscione in the bronze medal match and Brady Ellison in the men’s individual gold medal final.

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