Team USA Compound Archers Dominate World Cup Final 9-26-2011
gengberg September 26th, 2011
Team USA Compound Archers Dominate World Cup Final
Istanbul, Turkey - Four American compound archers qualified for sought-after spots in the World Cup Final, 
and after facing off against the world’s best archers in their category today, each of them will return to the United States with at least one gold or silver medal, and for Erika Anschutz (OH) and Rodger Willett, Jr. (VA), the World Cup individual title as well as the Longines Prize for Precision.Anschutz’ and Willett’s wins cap off a big day for Team USA archers, which included silver medal wins for teammates Christie Colin (PA) and Reo Wilde (ID), as well as a compound mixed team gold medal victory for Colin and Willett. Taking bronze medals today were Italy’s Sergio Pagni for the compound men, and his teammate Marcella Tonioli for the compound women.
Compound Men’s Gold Medal Match (Courtesy of World Archery Communications)
The best two archers in the world faced each other for the World Cup Final title and the two were still in the race for the Longines Prize for Precision (WILLET 415, WILDE 411).
WILDE had the best start with a perfect first end. He led WILLET by two points (30-28) after the latter opened the match with an 8 but he then went on shooting eight 10s in a row to lead 58-56 after two ends and 88-83 after three.
WILLET then went out of the 10-ring for two arrows, but with 9-9-10, against 9-10-10 for WILDE, he still led by four (116-112) with one end to go. WILDE came back strongly in the final end with 10-10-9. However, a final triple 9 was enough for WILLET to clinch victory by 143-141.
WILLET also won the Longines Prize for Precision with 424 tens during the World Cup season, against 418 for WILDE.
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