One arrow shoot-offs highlight archery event

Great Britain's Paul Brown and Italy's Oscar De Pellegrin also had victories to stay in the competition.

Paralympic Games champion John Stubbs of Great Britain made shock exists on a day of surprises at the Royal Artillery Barracks on Friday (31 August).

One arrow shoot-offs and spectacular comebacks highlighted an intense day's shooting as quarter-final places were decided for the men's and women's recurve W1/W2, and the men's and women's compound classes.

Stubbs, the defending champion from Beijing 2008, was beaten 6-4 in a close match against Spain’s Guillermo Rodriguez Gonzalez.

After his impressive shooting on the ranking round, armless American archer Matt Stutzman struggled in his match, losing 2-0 to the Czech Republic’s Jiri Klich. He made a stunning comeback with a perfect fist of three 10s in the third end. The two were tied 5-5, so another one-arrow shoot-off was required. Stutzman’s hard work in the preceeding ends paid off when his shot landed closest to the X.

It was a successful day for both Korea and Iran with two athletes apiece still in the men's recurve W1/W2 competition going into the quarter-finals. Korea's Young Joo Jung and Myeong-Guk Lee and Iran's Roham Shahabipour and Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj all come inside the top 10 world rankings, so expectations will be high.

Great Britain's Paul Brown and Italy's Oscar De Pellegrin also had victories to stay in the competition.

Three archers from Turkey are still in contention 18 elimination matches into the women's recurve W1/W2 competition. The odds are in Turkey's favour for semi-final spots, with Ozlen Kalay, Hatice Bayar and Gizem Girismen all taking to the range. The No. 1 from the ranking round, Iran’s Zahra Nemati, was the only competitor to move into the top eight without losing a single set.