Shanghai remained sunny throughout, and with only a slight swirl of wind at the Yuanshen Sports Centre, conditions were close to perfect. 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 – to complete a tantalising duel at the top.
Haney was also the top seed at the opening leg of the European Grand Prix Spring Arrows last weekend, and the 25-year-old 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 the first World Cup pole position of her career.
Ruiz came fourth at the 2026 Easton Foundations Gator Cup, where she admitted she was “disappointed”, but bounced back in Shanghai with 707. She tied reigning World Archery Champion Andrea Becerra but edged the Mexican to top spot with five more Xs.
“This morning it just felt good [in official practice],” said Ruiz, who could hardly believe she had secured top seed 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 qualification in the afternoon.
