Four years after suffering a stunning defeat in the Round of 32, American archer Brady Ellison redeemed himself in Rio.
After falling in the semifinal round to eventual gold medalist Ku Bon-chan of South Korea Ellison bounced back, beating Sjef van den Berg of the Netherlands to take bronze. Ellison completed the win in four sets, winning those by scores of 27-26, 26-27, 30-28 and 28-25 to take a 6-2 victory (archers are awarded two points for a set win, one apiece for a tie).
The individual bronze is Ellison’s second medal of these Olympics, as he, Zach Garrett and Jake Kaminski combined to take silver in the team competition.
The gold medal match between Ku and France’s Jean-Charles Valladont went five sets, with Ku winning by the final tally of 7-3. After Ku won the first two sets Valladont bounced back with scores of 29 in each of the next two sets, making the score 5-3 heading into the fifth set. Ku would win that set 27-26, thus clinching his first individual Olympic gold medal after taking gold in the team competition.
