The W1 women’s title went to world number one Sarka Pultar Musilova of Czechia, who defeated Spain’s Isabel Fernandez Jimenez 134-129.
Pultar Musilova was also part of the mixed team silver medallists with David Drahoninsky and the women’s team bronze winners with Tereza Brandtlova – giving her a full set of medals in Gwangju.
“I didn’t expect to win three medals and the whole collection,” she laughed. “If anyone had told me that, I would have sent them to a mental hospital.”
There was national pride in evidence, after a good meet for the team.
“We’ll leave here with pride that the work we are doing is excellent and that it leads to success. This is not only for us, but for the whole Czech Republic.”
China did not sweep the category. Wang Liya lost the individual bronze to Brandtlova and, with Cen Mengkan, fell heavily to Korea in the women’s doubles final, 140-122 – scoring just three and four in consecutive ends.
Indeed, it was Korea who emerged as the day’s other big winners, claiming all three of their team finals. The highlight came in the women’s doubles, where Kim Ok Geum, at 65 years old and after more than a decade on the international circuit, finally secured her first world gold.
Competition in Gwangju concludes on Sunday with the recurve finals.
