1. Emircan Haney, Türkiye
What pips Haney just slightly to number one are all three of his opponents in Nanjing, particularly his semifinal meet against Mike Schloesser. Before Nanjing ‘Mister Perfect’ had trumped the Turkish compounder in all three of their previous meetings, the most recent at Madrid – the fourth stage of the 2025 World Cup.
At 147-147, a shootoff stood only between the widely expected Schloesser versus Mathias Fullerton gold medal match – as Haney had already knocked out World champion Nicolas Girard – but the 2023 European Games bronze medallist’s 10 found its way cushioned onto the left of the X ring whilst ‘Mister Perfect”s on the upper 10 line.
Then to shoot almost near perfection against the new compound men world number one Fullerton [149-148] to be crowned Türkiye’s second only compound World Cup champion [Demir Elmaagacli at Mexico City 2015] capped a stunning afternoon session. Girard, Schloesser, Fullerton – the world’s best three, all put away by one of the tournament’s outside favourites.
After bronze in Antalya and silver in Madrid, Emircan Haney truly did announce himself to the archery world on Saturday. Could a string of major honours be coming up just like how fellow Turkish archer Mete Gazoz put together in recurve following Tokyo 2020?
