Colombia swept all four individual titles at the XIII South American Games Santa Fe 2026, with Jorge Enriquez and Sara Lopez successfully defending their gold medals.
The closest finish came in the recurve men’s final, where Enriquez edged world No. 1 Marcus D’Almeida in a rare double shoot-off after a tense contest.
D’Almeida, who had earlier partnered with Ana Luiza Sliachticas Caetano to win recurve mixed team gold with a 6-0 victory over Argentina, started strongly in the individual final, taking the opening set 27-23 before Enriquez fought back to level the match.
The two remained neck and neck, with D’Almeida’s 29 in the final set levelling the match at 5-5 and forcing a shoot-off.
Both archers shot a nine in their first tiebreak, but the arrows were too close to decide a winner, forcing another shoot-off.
Once again, both shot nines, but Enriquez’s arrow landed closer to the centre to secure the gold.
“It was the first time I’d seen a tie like that. It’s very, very, very rare because they measure it with a calliper, so even a one-millimetre difference decides the winner,” D’Almeida said in an interview with Time Brasil.
Brazil’s Matheus Zwick Ely took bronze after defeating Chile’s Ángel Moises Vega Valdivia 6-2.
In the recurve women’s final, Colombia’s Ana Maria Rendon denied defending champion Ane Marcelle Dos Santos a second consecutive title with a clear 6-0 victory.
Argentina’s Alma Fiorella Pueyo Lopez gave the home crowd plenty to cheer about, defeating Brazil’s Isabelle Trindade Estevez 6-0 for bronze.
