Four countries will shoot for gold in mixed teams

 Recurve Mixed Team   In the recurve mixed team competition, the gold medal final will have Korea and Great Britain pitted against each other. The bronze was claimed by Italy who defeated Russia, 146-139. Korea, the No. 1 ranked team that consisted of KIM Moon Jung and IM Dong-Hyun, defeated Italy in a close semifinal contest, 148-145. Great Britain, comprised of Naomi FOLKARD and Simon TERRY, knocked off Russia to advance to the final, 144-142.   The bronze-medal went to Italy, who defeated Russia, 146-139. Russia upended the No. 2 ranked U.S. squad of ELLISON and LORIG in the quarterfinals, 146-143. ELLISON and LORIG won the first round by defeating Australia, 144-130.   Compound Mixed Team   Leading the charge was the U.S. compound mixed team of WILLET and VAN NATTA. The American duo knocked off Denmark in the semifinals in the first tiebreaker. Both squads were knotted at 4 match points each and Team USA successfully had two hits to Denmark’s one to advance to Saturday’s gold medal final against Russia. Denmark went on to win the bronze medal by defeating Australia, 6-2.  The archery range at Weber State University will continue to play host to the World Cup action on Thursday with individual eliminations, while Friday will see the team elimination rounds. On Saturday, August 7 at 4 p.m. MDST, the Archery World Cup Stage 3 medal matches and championship finals will move to downtown Ogden’s Lindquist Field, a minor league baseball stadium. All sessions are free and open to the public to attend. For more information visit www.ogdenwc.com or follow the live results at www.archery.org.   Anthony BARTKOWSKI Ogden Organising Committee   Edited by World Archery Communication