Arreola makes history with gold medal in international debut for USA
Maui’s Liko Arreola (center) poses with her gold medal alongside silver medalist Sara Lopez (left) of Colombia and bronze medalist Sarah Prieels of Belgium after winning the compound women title at the Medellin Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 3 event Saturday in Colombia. Photo courtesy of Teri Arreola
Liko Arreola takes aim during the Medellin Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 3 event last week in Colombia. WORLD ARCHERY photo
Maui’s Liko Arreola (center) poses with her gold medal alongside silver medalist Sara Lopez (left) of Colombia and bronze medalist Sarah Prieels of Belgium after winning the compound women title at the Medellin Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 3 event Saturday in Colombia. Photo courtesy of Teri Arreola
Liko Arreola takes aim during the Medellin Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 3 event last week in Colombia. WORLD ARCHERY photo
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Liko Arreola, a 15-year-old from Maui, won the gold medal in the women's compound bow division of the Medellin Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 3 event on Saturday in Colombia.
Arreola qualified ninth and then rolled through five head-to-head matchups in a single-elimination bracket format. She won the final 10-9 on a tiebreaker after tying with third-seeded Sara Lopez of Colombia 145-145.
Earlier, Arreola beat Sarah Prieels of Belgium 146-144 in the semifinals; she beat Lisell Jaatma of Estonia 147-141 in the quarterfinals; she beat Camilla Alvarenga Funes of El Salvador 145-139 in the third round and Huang I-Jou of Chinese Taipei 145-144 in the second round.
Arreola received a bye in the first round.
In her international debut, Arreola also won a team gold medal and was the youngest ever to medal in a World Cup.
She along with Alexis Ruiz and Olivia Dean defeated host Colombia 233-231 in the compound women team gold-medal final.
Arreola, a King Kekaulike High School rising junior from Makawao, will be competing next in the World Archery Youth Championships in Limerick, Ireland, July 3-9; and the World Archery Championships in Berlin, Germany, July 31-Aug. 6.
With her latest victory, Arreola automatically qualifies for the Archery World Cup final to be held in Hermosillo, Mexico, Sept. 9-10.