Latin American archery had a great performance at the Gwangju World Championships, where Mexico, El Salvador and Colombia made a historic triplet by taking over the podium, demonstrating that Spanish-speaking countries want to dominate the discipline and be in the Olympic debut of the mixed event in Los Angeles 2028.
A total of 500 archers from 74 countries participated in this global event in which Mexico achieved the best performance in its history by placing second in the medal table, with two world titles and a bronze in mixed teams in the compound.
In addition, the women’s individual podium in the compound arch was completely Latin, where the Mexican Maya Becerra took the gold after a final in which there was a one-point difference to leave the silver to the Salvadoran Sofía Paiz, who gave her country the first world medal in the history of this discipline, while the bronze went to the Colombian Alejandra Usquiano, after a close confrontation in which her last arrow of nine secured her third place.
The Mexican archers Mariana Bernal, Adriana Castillo and Maya Becerra also became world champions for the composite women’s team, after greatly defeating the representative of the United States, 236-231. In addition, Maya achieved bronze with Sebastián García in the mixed team event, which made her a great figure.
In total, there were eight Latin American countries where Colombia took five representatives and obtained a medal that placed them in 14th place, while Guatemala had three athletes, but could not get on the podium. Mexico went with 12 archers, who won 3 medals. Chile sent five competitors, but they stayed in the first rounds. El Salvador went with 7 people and they achieved a metal.
The archers continue to prove that they are the best on the continent, but they have their sights set on doing so in all events of the Olympic cycle.
