“It’s true that I had it in mind but I had to put it aside, remain focused on what we are dealing. I have not succeeded this but maybe another time,” he added.
Girard’s recent resurgence outdfoors and in putting himselgf on the best side of the draw – at least statistically – does not guarantee anything however in Gwangju.
In his same bracket is Schloesser who dropped down to third with Korea’s Jongho getting only one more 10 to push into second seed – all three got 713.
It was such fine margins but the eighth end in particular was one he found particularly frustrating.
“One end back there I shot a 57 in there and it was just a stupid mistake, stupid shot as well and it just came all together.”
”One end I didn’t wanna be at. I wish I had that one back, but at the end 713, I had 11 really good ends. It’s just qualification, to get in the rhythm and I felt like I had it today.
”I’m excited for the rest of this week.”
Never satisfied, the marks of a serial winner. Let’s see if ‘Mister Perfect’ can make up for it in Sunday’s eliminations.
In compound women, Andrea Becerra did not let off on her stellar 2025 form as she poled with 712.
A hot favourite for Gwangju, that score was just one point off her personal best of 713 and looked one of the coolest on the shooting line as she casually chewed a piece of gum between shooting each arrow.
”I was not chilled, especially at the end,” the world number one laughed when asked about her fellings heading into the last end. ”I think I started to panic a little bit with the wind just not being sure where to aim exactly but with the help of my coach and looking at everyone’s arrows, it helped me a little bit, just to know where the wind was hitting.”
The compound team eliminations take place this afternoon.
