Lisell Jaatma flips the compound women’s rivalry with a Shanghai gold over Andrea Becerra, Turkiye sweep USA in team finals, India shock China for recurve gold, and a Yellowstone grizzly attack closes Mystic Falls Trail — your archery week in review.
Shanghai’s stage two of the 2026 Hyundai World Cup brings all four world #1s to Yuanshen, Malaysia’s barebow team rewrites a four-year-old world record at Shah Alam, the Roma Para Europeans wrap with a Spanish W1 breakthrough, Sara Lopez goes public on her LA28 ambitions, USA Archery confirms Salt Lake Summit dates, and spring turkey bowhunters race the closing window. Everything that mattered Apr 28 – May 4, 2026.
Italian compound legend Sergio Pagni takes over Korea’s national team, Turkish teen Gokkir stuns the world champion in Antalya, Korea names a 14-year-old to its Asian Games squad, and the 2026 flagship bow lineup takes shape. Your weekly archery news roundup.
If you are comparing barebow vs recurve, the short answer is this: both use the same basic bow platform, but recurve adds aiming and stabilizing accessories while barebow strips them away and asks the archer to do more with body awareness, string walking, and repeatable form. That makes barebow feel simpler in the hand, but […]
This week in archery: Asia Cup kicks off in Bangkok, Massachusetts moves to end Sunday hunting ban, NASP state championships wrap up in Tennessee, and Austin Archery Club fights to save its 59-acre range.
Compound archery earns its first-ever Olympic spot at LA28 with a mixed team event. Plus: Italy dominates European Indoor Championships, a W1 world record falls in Spain, and the inspiring story of the world’s first quadruple amputee archer.