Achery: Team GB fail to hit medal target during archery final

The first time the event has been staged in Britain, the hosts failed to add to the medal tally of previous finals where they had gathered two silver medals and a bronze.

Indeed, five of the six British archers lost in the opening round, though admittedly in the best possible company.

Woking's Andrea Gales, who missed out on Commonwealth Games selection for England and was given a wildcard, came closest to a medal after an upset win over GB team-mate Nicky Hunt, the world No.1, in the first round of the women's compound event.

She came through after a one-arrow shoot-off after the tie had finished 5-5. But she found Russian Albina Loginova, the current world champion, a class apart in the semi-finals as they went down 6-0.

Gales then lost the bronze medal match with American Erika Anshutz 7-1 with Loginova going on to take gold after a shoot-out with Canada's Ashley Wallace after the final had finished tied at 5-5.

But Gales was far from despondent with her showing, especially after taking the scalp of the world No.1.

"For me, being here was a fantastic experience and ultimately I paid the price for a couple of mistakes," she said, "If you make them at this level, you pay a heavy price. But it's been a fantastic weekend, and the support I had from the crowd was just amazing, and it all makes up for the disappointment of not qualifying for the Commonwealth Games."

Hunt was tipped for a medal after finishing fourth in Copenhagen last year and having recently secured the top world ranking.

The Ipswich archer was philosophical afterwards and said: "It was very disappointing, but these things happen. I made one bad mistake against Andrea and paid heavily for it.

"But it's been a great experience and, all in all, I've had a great year, with three podium finishes at World Cup events leading up to the final, and I'll finish the season as world No.1, so I can't complain."

Stirling-born Simon Terry, who won Olympic bronze in Barcelona as a teenager, lost 7-3 to current Olympic champion and 2008 World Cup final winner Im Dong Hyun (Korea) in the first round of the men's recurve event.

Im went on to reach the final but lost 6-2 to American Brady Ellison, who captured the title for the first time.

Italian Sergio Pagni became the first player to successfully defend a title at the World Final when he beat American Braden Gellenthian 6-4 in the final of the men's compound event.

He finished with six successive 10s to take the title in style to leave Gellenthian runner-up for the third time in four years.

Yun Ok Hee (Korea) beat Ukraine's Victoriva Koval 7-3 in the women's recurve final.