It was an exciting finish at the Olympic Archery Centre today which saw 16 year old Mark Nesbitt from Great Britain shoot a bullseye to win the individual men’s gold medal from Australian Ryan Tyack who had to settle for silver.

Tyack put up a good fight, losing the match by only one point with a final score of 99-98.

Nesbitt’s teammate Alexander Wheeler took the bronze after a stalemate of 104-104 with Chinese Taipei’s Hsiu-Yu Hu, who ranked first in the individual recurve men’s ranking round. The match was resolved after a shoot-off to hit the yellow ten-point centre.

Nesbitt said the windy conditions made it difficult for him to aim but was thrilled to win the gold after falling behind by one point in the final end.

Wow. Sounds like a great competition between two great up and coming archers. Congratulations to all.