Gold medals on archery’s premier international circuit, however, aren’t given out following 72 arrows but 15 in the much more pressured matchplay system, which Wiener did come close to in Puebla, falling short only to Fullerton in the final there, 145-146.
But now, with all his biggest supporters assembled together in Türkiye – including his girlfriend and compound women’s world champion Andrea Maya Becerra Arizaga – the Yankton 2022 World Field gold medallist has as much emotional support as well as tactical feedback from those who know him best which will help get the most out of his stellar capabilities.
“It just feels like when we shoot at home because we train almost every day at home. He [Wolfgang] knows what I need and he knows what I want from him and it’s worked out perfectly.”
It also worked out rather well for the recently awarded European Outdoor bronze medallist Ella Gibson at the Gloria Sports Arena – a new venue for the World Cup.
A pole position for the Brit in the compound women category is her first at 50 metres since the Krakow-Malopolska 2023 European Games.
“I made some changes in the last few weeks after Shanghai,” revealed the former world number one. “I changed my arrows to be a little weaker and I think it gave me a bit more forgiveness and then in the last week I’ve done some kind of video-delay analysis of my form, changed my draw length a little bit because I felt like I didn’t look right, which I know is a weird thing to say, but you’re used to what you should look like.”
Competition continues in Antalya on Wednesday with compound team eliminations in the morning and recurve qualifying in the afternoon.
