Shanghai was sunny throughout, and just a slight swirl of wind in the Yuanshen Sports Centre made it near-perfect conditions, but there was still a noticeable gap between Haney, Fullerton and the rest, with third-placed Sebastian Garcia Flores of Mexico reaching 713 – his World Cup personal best – making it a tantalising duel at the top.
Haney was also the top seed at the opening leg of the European Grand Prix at the Spring Arrows last weekend, and the 25 year old athlete credited his training regime since Puebla for such a fine performance.
“I’ve been working much more intensively on my mental focus. During my training sessions, I specifically incorporated exercises designed to help me fully immerse myself in the moment, to give my absolute all to the task at hand while out on the field.”
“Competing here today has confirmed for me that my approach was sound – that I was indeed focusing on the right things. I intend to maintain this exact same strategy moving forward throughout the upcoming season.”
In compound women, USA’s Alexis Ruiz recorded her first-ever pole at a World Cup.
Ruiz came fourth at the 2026 Easton Foundations Gator Cup, where she admitted to being “disappointed”, but has seemingly bounced back, shooting 707 in Shanghai. She tied with World champion Andrea Becerra but pipped the Mexican to the top spot with five more Xs.
“This morning it just felt good [in official practise],” commented Ruiz who excitedly couldn’t believe she’d poled at the end. “I even made a comment to my mum that today just kind of feels easy and that’s not something that comes around very often.”
Competition continues in Shanghai on Wednesday, with compound team eliminations in the morning and recurve qualifying in the afternoon.
