Mexico finished one medal behind the United States with 30 total – nine gold, 11 silver and 10 bronze – while host Colombia took third with 22, including seven gold, eight silver and seven bronze, the only other nation to reach double figures.
Williams was one of several multiple gold medallists across the field. Mexico’s Osvaldo Ramirez won recurve under-21 men’s individual and team gold, compatriot Axel Rangel morales took recurve under-18 men’s individual and mixed team gold, and Colombia’s Alejandro Gil Londoño claimed recurve under-15 men’s individual and mixed team gold.
One of the week’s most notable stories was Puerto Rico’s Maria Latorre , who won compound 50+ women’s individual gold before adding mixed team gold alongside her partner, Jaime Valentin. What made the achievement all the more striking was the path that brought her back to competition. Latorre said she had retired from the sport and was serving as a team delegate, helping support her son, Puerto Rican archer Jean Pizarro Latorre, and her daughter-in-law, nine-time world champion Sara Lopez of Colombia. It was that same family circle that persuaded her to compete again.
“They told me, ‘You can do this, you’re strong,’ so I came and did it,” Latorre said. “I really believed I could do it when I got here, and I gave it my all to make it happen.”
She continued: “I credit consistency, practise, perseverance, working really hard and wanting it with all my heart,” Latorre said. “My career isn’t over. I can keep going, and I’m truly giving it my all so I can bring more titles to my country.”
