United States make both mixed team finals

Brady ELLISON and rookie recurve Mackenzie BROWN beat Great Britain in a semifinal shoot-off. “Mackenzie shot a really good shot, and I knew if I shot a 10 we’d win it,” said two-time World Cup Final Champion ELLISON. “So I just went out there and did it.”

BROWN gave an equally-clear response when asked if she fancied the pair’s chances against Mexico’s Aida ROMAN and Juan Rene SERRANO in the final on Sunday: “Good shots. That’s all we can do.” Great Britain, who lost the shoot-off to BROWN and ELLISON, face Chinese Taipei for bronze.

Second individual compound men’s seed Bridger DEATON, who’s also new on the scene, and partner Erika JONES only dropped a point to win their semi against India. 

As it happens, India knocked out pre-event compound favourites Italy – Marcella TONIOLI and Sergio PAGNI – in the first round. (They’re always pre-event favourites, as the only pair to have ever held the world mixed team title.)

See the full compound and recurve mixed team elimination results from the first stage of the 2014 Archery World Cup in Shanghai.