Brazil and Colombia took centre stage as the team finals at the XIII South American Games Santa Fe 2026 came to a close in Rosario, with Brazil claiming both recurve titles and Colombia sweeping the compound team golds.
Brazil opened the finals with a commanding performance in the recurve men’s event, as Marcus D’Almeida, Matheus Gomes and Matheus Zwick Ely defeated Colombia in straight sets, 6-0.
Brazil took the first two sets, 50-48 and 55-49, before sealing the gold with a strong 59 in the third.
“They made it difficult because I had to shoot a 10 to make it perfect,” D’Almeida said in an interview with Olimpíada Todo Dia. “They both shot 10s, so I had to shoot a 10 there to make it exciting and give the people here a show.”
“In the end, I managed to do that, and I’m really happy.”
The result also fits into Brazil’s wider preparations for the Lima 2027 Pan American Games, where D’Almeida and his teammates have their sights set on the title.
“The important thing was for our team to come here, win and put together a good average and a good score, because we want to be Pan American champions next year,” he said. “Our average has to keep going up, and we’re achieving that. We’re very happy.”
Chile filled the podium with a 5-3 win over Venezuela, turning their fourth-place finish against the same opponents at Asunción 2022 into bronze this time.
Brazil then completed the recurve double in the women’s event. Ane Marcelle Dos Santos, Ana Luiza Sliachticas Caetano and Isabelle Trindade Estevez edged Colombia’s Tania Arias, Isabella Forero Martinez and Ana Maria Rendon 5-1 to take gold.
Argentina gave the home crowd another reason to celebrate, with Wanda Hilen Arca, Maria Luisina Giudice and Alma Fiorella Pueyo Lopez taking bronze after a 6-2 victory over Peru.
