Casey Kaufhold is the world's No. 1-ranked women's recurve archer. She’s trying to become the first American to win Olympic gold in archery since 1996. Last year, she won the Olympic test event in Paris, which led to her No. 1 ranking. It was among three straight top-four finishes for her in World Cup events.
FFILE - United States’ Casey Kaufhold shoots an arrow during the women’s team competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Ellison is a former world No. 1 men’s archer who is heading to his fifth Olympics this year. He said when he first started teaming up with Kaufhold in 2019, the 15-year-old sometimes would beat him when they practiced. They won gold for the United States in the mixed team category at the Pan-American Games that year.
“That was huge for me,” she said. “And I wanted to be that. And so to accomplish that at 19 for the first time, that was like — I always knew I was going to get there, but never in a million years would I have imagined it would have been at 19.”Another Neushul sister is going to the Paris Olympics with the US women’s water polo teamThe rising star from Lancaster, Pennsylvania looks to become the first American to win Olympic gold in archery since 1996.
“Even though it is on the Olympic stage or even though there are however many people watching on TV, like, it doesn’t doesn’t change your shot,” she said. “It doesn’t change that the target is the same distance away as it always is, even though the surroundings might be different, it’s still you, your bow and the target, and you shouldn’t change the way you think or the way you shoot.”
“That was huge for me,” she said. “That was my first individual international medal. And so that was just a huge confidence booster. And I feel like that experience has carried a lot with me throughout my last few years of my career.”
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