Jevsnik beats the world's top two to win Lausanne compound gold

Tim Jevsnik of Slovenia arrived at the Swiss Open in Lausanne as a replacement and left with the men's compound title. The world No. 8 only entered the field after his teammate Aljaz Matija Brenk withdrew, according to World Archery's report on the finals, which concluded on Sunday, 1 November at the World Archery Excellence Centre.

His route was brutal. In the quarterfinal he faced world No. 1 Mathias Fullerton of Denmark and won 150-149. Fullerton had shot a perfect 600 in qualification the day before, so that single point ended a weekend in which the Dane had looked untouchable on paper. In the semifinal Jevsnik met world No. 2 Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands and again won by a single point, shooting a 150 to do it. In the final he beat Fabrizio Aloisi of Italy 149-147.

Schloesser took bronze, beating India's Priyansh with a perfect 150 in the medal match.

The result matters for the indoor season because compound matches at this level are decided by fractions: a 149 against a 150 is one arrow outside the ten ring. Jevsnik's quote after the event was short: "I started believing in myself more that I can win." A world No. 8 beating the top two in consecutive rounds is a reminder that seeding in indoor compound offers little protection once the bracket begins.

Fullerton's qualification was still the story of Saturday. World Archery reports his 600 was his second perfect score at an indoor event, and that three archers followed on 599: Braden Gellenthien (USA), Abhishek Verma (IND) and Schloesser, ranked by centre tens. Fullerton said "Indoors is a game of perfection."

Recurve: Chabin defends, Mirca wins

In the men's recurve final, second seed Keziah Chabin of Switzerland beat Alexandre Desemery of France 7-3 to defend his title. Chabin said he trains in the hall every day. Matías Grande of Mexico had topped qualification with 592.

In the women's recurve, Alexandra Mirca of Moldova beat Olivia Doigo of Switzerland 6-4. Doigo was also runner-up in 2024. Mirca said she was surprised to win "with so many strong athletes here". Top qualifier Gaby Schloesser (NED) scored 586, below her indoor best of 591. Defending champion Marie Horackova of the Czech Republic finished 15th in qualification after her sight broke late, causing two outright misses after a first-half 296.

Compound women and barebow

Andrea Maya Becerra Arizaga of Mexico won the women's compound title; she had qualified second with 596 behind Italy's Elisa Roner, who shot 597. World Archery's report also notes that Angela Ruiz Rosales of Mexico beat qualification leader Gaby Schloesser (NED) in a shoot-off in one match; the report does not specify the round.

In barebow, Pascal Krügel of Belgium won the men's title and Giulia Atzeni of Italy took the women's. Atzeni was top seed with 532, and Italy's Simone Barbieri led the men's qualification with 559, 24 points clear of France's Florian Thiriot.

Kang Yeonseo, 14, reflects on a breakthrough year

World Archery also published a profile of Korea's Kang Yeonseo, a 14-year-old compound archer from Bucheon and the youngest Korean selected for the senior squad. At the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya she ranked third with 702 in the 72-arrow round and opened elimination with consecutive 150s. The second included a world-record match score for under-18 compound women, with six X10s against India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam. She won individual bronze by beating teammate Park Jungyoon 145-143, and added a team bronze at a World Cup in Madrid.

The feature places her in the context of Korea building a compound programme ahead of compound's debut at LA28 in the mixed team event. Sergio Pagni, a two-time World Cup compound champion, is now Korea's head coach.

Slovakia's Youth Olympic hopefuls train in Lausanne

Slovakia became the third nation to use a week of intensive training at the World Archery Excellence Centre ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Adela Tollarovicova (15) and Oliver Sotak (16) trained there from 5 to 9 October, coached by Lubomir Tollarovic and Juraj Duchon, with camps supported by Olympic Solidarity. Duchon has set a top-16 finish as Oliver's target. Bulgaria's Neda Kenderova and Georgia's Daviti Basiladze attended a similar camp the previous month.

What to watch

The Swiss Open was billed as the opener of the indoor season, and its results set the tone: seeds fell in compound, defending champions held on in recurve, and Fullerton's 600 shows how little room indoor scoring leaves. Watch how Jevsnik and Aloisi are seeded in the next indoor events, and whether Fullerton, still world No. 1, answers with another perfect card. For the opening day of this event, see our earlier report: Swiss Open Lausanne opens the 2027 indoor season.

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