Australia\u2019s archers have closed out their 2025 World Archery Championships campaign in Gwangju, South Korea, with composed shooting, narrow losses and promising signs for future competitions.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s compound team (Rhiannon Mills, Georgina Graham and Anna Twining) ranked 20th in the ranking round, and opened with a confident 229-225 win over Vietnam, before losing to the fourth-seeded USA in breezy conditions.<\/p>\n
Competition reached a nail-biting conclusion in the men\u2019s quarterfinal with Australia (Brandon Hawes, Bailey Wildman and Harry Neve), who had earlier advanced past Kazakhstan, and India finishing level at 232-232, before the Indians took the win in a thrilling shoot-off.<\/p>\n
In mixed competition, Rhiannon Mills and Brandon Hawes performed well against a strong Italian side but couldn\u2019t close the gap. Mills shone in individual competition, shooting two 145s and pushing her opponent (148) to the limit.<\/p>\n
Her performance highlighted Australia\u2019s growing strength in female compound athletes.<\/p>\n
Recurve qualification was held in tough conditions, with heavy rain and thunder over the Gwangju range.<\/p>\n
Lexie Feeney ranked 40th, Laura Paeglis 67th and Ryan Tyack 17th after a very consistent ranking round, while Jai Crawley opened up with great promise off the back of his World Youth Bronze medal, unfortunately a wayward arrow dropped him down to 37th in the ranking but qualified for match play and looked strong. Marcus Yiu gained valuable experience at his first World Championships but couldn\u2019t make the cut for match play.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s team (Tyack, Crawley and Yiu went down 5-1 to Germany, while the mixed pairing of Tyack and Feeney fell short against Czechia.<\/p>\n
In eliminations, Tyack and Crawley advanced through their first matches, before Crawley faced Olympic medallist Mauro Nespoli in the second round and went down 7\u20131.<\/p>\n
Tyack edged Singapore\u2019s Long 6-4 before losing to Senna Roos of the Netherlands. Feeney and Paeglis both won their opening matches, defeating Indonesia and Denmark respectively, before being stopped by higher-ranked opponents in their 1\/24 round.<\/p>\n
Tight contests, strong individual performances and glimpses of future potential underline the depth of talent in the squad as attention now turns to the 2026 international season and LA 2028 preparations.<\/p>\n
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Athlete Achievements \u2013 2025 World Archery Championships<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
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