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A 17-year-old archery champion is using the mental discipline from her sport to tackle food insecurity, planting native fruit trees across Tobago and empowering other young people to do the same. Anthurium Lewis proves you don't have to wait until you're an adult to fight for causes that matter.
American archer Brady Ellison secured his 15th World Cup Final qualification with a thrilling victory in Mexico, leading Team USA to five medals. Only China won more at the season-opening tournament in Puebla.
Colombian archery legend Sara Lopez returned from a year-long break to win her 11th World Cup stage gold medal, breaking down in tears after nearly perfect performances in Mexico. The 30-year-old champion said she felt like an 18-year-old winning her first title all over again.
Payal Nag defeated her own idol to claim the women's compound archery world title just three years after discovering the sport. She's the world's first quadruple amputee to compete internationally in archery.
Payal Nag, who discovered para archery after watching videos of champion Sheetal Devi, just beat her inspiration to win gold in Bangkok. The 18-year-old quadruple amputee scored 139-136 in her first senior international tournament.
Three-time Paralympian Sarka Pultar Musilova just crushed the women's W1 indoor archery world record, shooting 586 points at her national championships. The score beats the previous mark by a stunning 19 points, set just weeks earlier.
Four-time Paralympian Jere Forsberg just shattered the para archery world record at 25 meters, scoring 585 points in Finland. The 32-year-old Paralympic gold medalist surpassed a record that stood for over six years.
Champion archer Kachollom Enyenihi just became Nigeria's first Women's Development Director for archery, breaking new ground in a sport long dominated by men. Her mission: build a clear path from school gyms to world championships for girls across the country.
Army veteran Babette Peyton became a champion archer after a military injury left her partially paralyzed, winning over 150 medals with a unique mouth-draw technique. Her niece remembers a woman who never frowned and inspired everyone she met.
Saudi Arabia just hired one of archery's biggest champions to transform the country's national team. Lee Chang-Hwan, who won Olympic gold in 2008 and world titles for Korea, will now lead the kingdom's archers toward the Asian Games.