Schloesser Wins 12th Antalya Gold | Archery Weekly Jun 8-14

Mike Schloesser shot two 149s in his Antalya 2026 compound final on Saturday, walked into a shoot-off tied with Mexico’s Sebastian Garcia Flores, and on his 14th competition arrow of the day put a 10 closer to the X than anyone had any business expecting. That gold — his 12th individual Antalya 2026 archery World Cup stage title — is the loudest line on a results sheet stuffed with milestones. India toppled Korea. Türkiye answered a European Championship faceplant with home-soil revenge. A 19-year-old from Shanghai backed up her Puebla gold. And a 17-year-old from Pennsylvania quietly punched into the top four on debut.

Antalya 2026 Lands the Stage 3 Finals at Gloria Sports Arena

Stage 3 of the Hyundai Archery World Cup ran June 9 to 14 at the Gloria Sports Arena, the first time the venue has hosted the event. 332 archers from 42 federations shot qualification and elimination rounds under sun and the occasional overcast pocket, with the medal matches moving to Antalya Beach Park for the finals weekend on June 13 and 14.

Two notes carried through the week. First, the move to Gloria from the older Antalya Centennial Centre gave the event more room — and more wind variability — than past editions. Second, Antalya is now the most-hosted World Cup venue in the circuit’s history at 20 stages, and the finalists at the venue this weekend stretched across five continents. If you measure a tour by how thoroughly the medals get redistributed, this one delivered.

Schloesser’s 12th World Cup Gold Ties Him Back to His Antalya Origin Story

The compound men’s final on June 13 was clean shooting under cloudy skies. Schloesser opened with a 149 — two arrows away from a perfect 150 session — and Garcia Flores answered with the same number. Garcia Flores actually dropped two nines early before pulling himself back into the match. Going to a one-arrow shoot-off, both archers found 10s. Schloesser’s just sat fractionally closer to the center.

“The only thing I thought about when I came here was that in 2013 I became World champion here,” Schloesser said after the win. “Thirteen years ago I won gold, and my goal was to do it again here.” The world title he referenced was the 2013 World Archery Championships, also at Antalya, the result that announced him as the next decade’s defining compound shooter. He has not let go of that title since. Twelve individual World Cup stage golds is now the standing reference point in the discipline — no other compound man is close.

Mathias Fullerton of Denmark, who had finished one arrow short of Schloesser in a separate semifinal shoot-off, took bronze. The truth is, the gap between Schloesser and the field at this level has narrowed — Fullerton and Garcia Flores both pushed him into shoot-offs in the same tournament — but the man still finds the closer X when it counts. That part has not changed in 13 years.

Zhu Jingyi Wins Second World Cup Gold of 2026 at Just 19

The recurve women’s final on June 14 belonged to Zhu Jingyi, the 19-year-old from Shanghai who beat Mexico’s Ana Paula Vazquez Flores 7-3 to claim her second World Cup individual gold this season. She had already won stage one at Puebla in April. With six international golds now to her name, she is on the shortest of short lists for World Archery’s young athlete of the year — and a confirmed lead for China at the upcoming 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.

Her path to the final was the more impressive read. She shot An San — the Tokyo 2020 triple gold medalist and one of the most decorated recurve archers of her generation — 6-0 in the semifinal. That is not a scoreline you produce by accident against An San. Asked about her composure, Zhu kept it simple: “I’m very happy because I was very relaxed during this match. No matter what difficulties I encountered, I was able to handle them well.”

For Chinese recurve, the result confirms what the Puebla podium sweep already hinted at — the post-Tokyo rebuild is done. Yu Qi and Huang Yuwei are both putting up consistent international finals appearances. Korea is no longer the only quantifiable favorite in any recurve women’s bracket this cycle.

India Stuns Korea in Recurve Mixed Team Final 5-1

Dhiraj Bommadevara and 17-year-old Kumkum Anil Mohod took the recurve mixed team gold against Korea’s Oh Yejin and Kim Je Deok by a 5-1 set score. India dominated the early ends. Bommadevara dropped four 10s across three rounds. Korea fired back with a 39-point end that included two Xs from Je Deok, but India matched their points and closed the door before the Koreans could find a second wind.

This is the first time India has reached a mixed team gold match since Antalya 2022. The four-year wait makes the win itself a story. The setup makes it a bigger one. India and Korea both ride this result straight into Asian Games preparation in Aichi-Nagoya, where the same two federations are going to face each other in multiple gold medal matches inside the same week. A rematch is not a maybe; it is the most likely outcome the calendar will hand fans.

Bommadevara, who finished fourth in the recurve mixed team event at Paris 2024 and who became the first Indian male recurve Asian Individual champion in 2023, was clear about the win. “Actually, this time it feels more special because it’s the first time winning mixed team gold for me,” he said. “The most important thing is we didn’t think about who we were playing against; we were just focusing on ourselves.” Coach-speak from a 24-year-old archer, but the form on the line backed it up.

Türkiye Compound Women Avenge European Quarterfinal Loss on Home Soil

Two weeks before the World Cup, the same Türkiye compound women’s team — Hazal Burun, Emine Rabia Oguz, and Defne Cakmak — got knocked out of the 2026 European Outdoor Championships in the quarterfinals by Estonia. That loss happened in the same city. The bounce-back at Antalya 2026 was a 233-231 gold medal win over Mexico, which had entered the final as the reigning world champions and the world number one ranked team.

To get there, Türkiye had to take down world number two USA in the semifinal. They then held composure when Mexico pulled level at 173-173 going into the third end of the gold match. Six final arrows. All six in the 10-ring. Match over.

Burun spoke afterward in the kind of measured way you would expect from a team that had just put their European Championship behind them. “We’ve become a great team. We’re doing our best because we’re working hard and putting in a lot of effort. It’s wonderful to see the results.” If the European setback was a bruise, this was the bandage. The World Cup Final in Madrid in late July is where we will find out if the form holds.

Savannah O’Donohue, 17, Makes Top Four on First World Cup Appearance

Most pipeline stories take years to validate. Sometimes the validation happens in a single week. Savannah O’Donohue, a 17-year-old shooting in her first senior World Cup as one of three Team USA compound women’s debutants in Türkiye, made the final four. She is not a household name yet. After Antalya, she should be on a few more whiteboards in coaches’ offices.

USA Archery sent her alongside two other first-time World Cup compound women selections in what amounted to a quiet pipeline test. The federation took some grief earlier in the season for leaning hard into youth roster spots — the criticism was that the team had given away two stages of medal contention. The semifinal appearance answers it. The compound women’s program in the US is now running a deeper bench than at any point in the last decade.

NASP Championship June 18-20 Hits Daytona’s Ocean Center

The next big domestic week belongs to youth archery. The 2026 National Archery in the Schools Program Open Championship runs June 18 through 20 at the Ocean Center in Daytona, Florida. NASP serves more than 1.2 million students annually across 50 U.S. states and several international territories. Since 2002, more than 24.7 million students have come through the program.

The 2026 edition expands the scholarship side meaningfully. 185 random scholarships will be awarded across the Bullseye and 3D divisions. Scholarship shoot-off prizes run from $5,000 for first place down to $1,000 for fifth. Team scholarships go to the top three teams in each division, with up to 24 archers per winning team picking up an award. For a program built on the idea that a kid who has never touched a bow can shoot one inside two PE periods, the scholarship tier is the longer arc — it is the bridge from middle school instinctive shooting to NCAA roster spots.

Minnesota Eliminates Shotgun-Only Zones for 2026 Deer Season

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources confirmed it has scrapped the shotgun-only deer zone for the 2026 season. Hunters across the state will now be eligible to use centerfire rifles where they previously could not. On paper, this is a firearm season story. For bowhunters, it is something else.

What changes when shotgun-only zones disappear is hunter density and pressure patterns. Areas that previously drew lighter rifle traffic — particularly in southern Minnesota’s agricultural belt — will now see more long-range hunters working the same edges and field corners that bowhunters have learned to read for the past decade. Stand-site selection for archery season needs to account for the shift. Cover that used to be a quiet bow-only refuge in the early part of the season is going to feel different by the time November opens.

For new bowhunters in the state, the prep window is right now. If you have not yet practiced with the actual broadheads you plan to hunt with — not field points — that is your first homework assignment. Spine, tune, and group testing with your hunting broadheads tells you everything field points will not.

Looking Ahead: Madrid Final, Asian Games Build-Up, and NASP Week

The 2026 Hyundai Archery World Cup heads to Madrid for the season-ending Final in late July, where the recurve and compound winners will collect the season trophies. Schloesser will be among the qualifying compound men. Zhu Jingyi has all but locked her recurve women’s spot. Antalya 2026 settled most of the qualification math; Madrid will settle who walks home with the season title.

The 20th Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya are the larger storyline behind almost every Asian federation’s spring. India’s recurve mixed team result is now a calling card. China’s Zhu Jingyi is the standing favorite. Korea took a rare hit this weekend but heads into August as the deepest recurve roster in the world, full stop.

Domestically, NASP week kicks off Thursday in Daytona. Watch the Bullseye senior division leaderboards — that is where the next round of college scholarship candidates is going to surface. And if you are a bowhunter sitting in any state with a regulation change for 2026, run your prep this week. Tune your bow, sight in your hunting broadheads, and pull range cards from any stand you plan to sit when archery season opens. Opening morning rewards the prep you did in June.

Watch: Antalya 2026 Highlights

Further Reading on Archery Supplier

For more on the gear and technique these athletes are using, our best compound bows by price range guide breaks down what is on the market right now. The technique side gets covered in how to sight in a compound bow and the conditioning angle behind elite-level draw control sits in our archery strength training guide. Last week’s recap of the Antalya arena opener is in Archery Weekly Jun 1-7.

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1. Schloesser claims 12th World Cup individual stage gold at Antalya 2026 — World Archery
2. Zhu Jingyi proves to be the best once again and wins second World Cup at Antalya 2026 — World Archery
3. India topples favourites Korea in potential Asian Games matchup at Antalya 2026 — World Archery
4. Türkiye makes up for European disappointment with win over Mexico at Antalya 2026 — World Archery
5. Savannah O’Donohue, 17, in final four on first World Cup go at Antalya 2026 — World Archery
6. 2026 National Archery in the Schools Program Scholarship Opportunities — Grand View Outdoors
7. New 2026 Deer Hunting Regulations — Big Buck Registry