Flash Quotes from the Compound Finals

Compound Men
  Braden GELLENTHIEN (USA) – gold “This is my fourth World Cup Final. I had come so close to winning, with three silver medals, and I have finally the bronze… sorry, the gold (laughs). And to do it in such circumstances, needed a 10 on my last arrow to clinch… I still haven’t realised that it happened yet! It’s a great ending to a year full of disappointment and it’s an incredible feeling. I needed revenge on Reo from the World Cup stage 2 in Antalya. To be honest I was having fun out there. I want to thank my girlfriend Tristan SKARVAN, as it was with her bow that I shot to win gold. My bow broke just a few days before the final, and I’ve been using hers only since four days. It’s the bow that she shot to win the silver medal at this year’s University Games in Cordoba.”   Reo WILDE (USA) – silver “In the last end of the last match (that scored an uncharacteristically low 28 points), I shot too strong on the first shot and went out the top, soft on the second, but the third shot was a good one, “oh yah, I do know how to do this” (smile).”   Julio Ricardo FIERRO (MEX) – bronze “The first match is always the hardest on the nerves. I’m happy I passed that obstacle. 2012 has been my best year so far. Shooting the bronze medal final, I was very nervous during the last two ends, and just tried to stick my arrows in the gold ring. The last arrow more the hardest. This result reflects the hard work that I’ve put into training, and I’m very happy that I was able to shoot to my full potential at the exact moment it was needed.”   Wietse VAN ALTEN (NED) – 2000 Olympic bronze medallist and coach “It doesn’t make any difference to coach compound or recurve. Peter ELZINGA and I used to compete together on the Netherlands team a few years ago. I’ve been coaching him for the last four years and things work well.”   Compound Women   Jamie VAN NATTA (USA) – gold “In quarterfinals, I was happy when I was told I would be shooting first (in the shoot-off). It allowed me to focus on shooting in the middle, rather than trying to do better than the opponent did. The mental game was different. It was my fifth World Cup Final and turns out I have been fourth, third, first, eight, and now first again. The gold medal match was very typical of my previous gold medal finals. My husband was my coach here and it was very nice to have his support here. I’m going to build a fence in our backyard with the prize-money, and don’t know yet what else (laughs).”   Danielle BROWN (GBR) – silver “I’m so pleased that I managed to shoot better scores than at the Paralympics. I’m really happy with this medal, I didn’t know I would be coming here until a week ago. So I didn’t expect anything at all, but to come home with a medal is brilliant. It was easier to shoot here than at the Paralympics. The competition level was obviously higher here, but there was no expectations on me at all. I’m really happy. I’m going to come and support our recurve archer Larry GODFREY tomorrow and hope to do some sightseeing.”   Christie COLIN (USA) – bronze “I’m very happy, it could have been better but I had just a few bad shots. It is a great end to my last year, for a while, on the World Cup Circuit. This was a result of the goals I set back in 2010.”   Yumiko HONDA (JPN) – fourth “I was very nervous shooting against (the reigning world champion Albina Loginova in quarterfinal) and did not expect this at all. It was unbelievable.”   World Archery Communication