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National archer Mete Gazoz targets two medals at Los Angeles 2028
Mete Gazoz said at the Turkish National Archery Team’s camp in Antalya after the 2026 season that he aims to win two medals at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Gazoz said he won seven medals at the 2026 World Cup and wants to secure his Olympic quota by becoming world champion at the 2027 World Championships.
Mete Gazoz, who is attending a training camp in Antalya with the Turkish National Archery Team, said international tournaments had concluded with the final leg of the 2026 Archery World Cup in Mexico.
Gazoz said he won seven medals at the 2026 World Cup and described the European Championships and Mediterranean Games as successful events for him. He said his teammates had achieved significant results, adding that 2026 was a successful year for Turkish archery and that they had achieved encouraging results ahead of 2027.
He wants to secure his Olympic quota by becoming world champion
Gazoz said his performance had improved every year since the Paris Olympics and that he believed 2027 would be more successful than 2026. He said next year’s World Championships would begin the qualification process for the 2028 Olympics and that he wanted to secure his Olympic quota by becoming world champion.
Gazoz also said that, together with the men’s team, they aimed to finish what they had left incomplete, become world champions and earn a quota place through that achievement.
Two-medal target in Los Angeles
Gazoz stressed that his biggest goal was the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and said he was ready for the event. Recalling that he won an individual medal in Tokyo and a team medal in Paris, Gazoz said he wanted to win both medals in Los Angeles.
He explained the six-point score on his final shot
Gazoz also commented on scoring the six points he needed with his final shot to secure the gold medal at the fourth leg of the World Cup in Spain. He said the arrow landed in the six-point ring because strong winds had begun during the final series, adding that he watched his opponents’ reactions and that his action was intended as a message to them.
Gazoz explained the message as: “I will shoot whatever score I need to shoot.”
He is pleased with archery’s development
Gazoz said he was pleased that archery was gaining momentum in Türkiye, adding that Red Bull’s sponsorship of an archer had attracted attention not only in Türkiye but around the world. He said such partnerships would help archery gain a more prominent position globally.
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