Turkish archers hit bull’s eye at Euro championships

The European Championships in Nottingham saw a first-time win for Turkey in the women's team archery division. Turkey's women's compound archery team, comprised of Yeşim Bostan, Evrim Sağlam and Ayşe Bera, won the gold medal. Turkey, who took the bronze medal in 2014, went two better by beating defending champions Russia by two points, 219-217. Russia took a four-point lead after a shaky first end for Turkey, but struggled to find the 10 rings in the next couple of ends, leaking a seven and an eight in the last end to hand their opponents the prize, adding further gold to a great week for Turkish archery.

Yeşim Bostan was proud afterwards: "We believed in ourselves as a team. I wasn't nervous but I think she [Evrim Sağlam] was excited! We shot for our national anthem and our flag. It's been a great week."

In the compound men's team competition, Denmark also faced off against Russia in a high-quality match that went down to the wire. After two eights from Denmark in the first end, Russia had a four-point lead - but Denmark soon dialed in, and drilled 12-straight tens in a row from the start of the second volley to tie the score going into the last. Both teams shot 58 in the fourth to force the tie-break, and Russia faltered, shooting 9-8-9 to the Danes' 10-9-10. "I just had to aim for the X and I try to make the closest to center just to be sure that if we were tied we had one close," said Stephan Hansen.