Paris 2024: Matt Stutzman, 'The Armless Archer,' Wins Gold

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Matt Stutzman of Team USA has very closely defined himself as a parasport archer of ability and, of course, has bagged a gold medal, 

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winning 149 points at the elimination rounds shooting at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

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The 5-end final saw Stutzman face the People’s Republic of China’s Ai Xinliang, the Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games bronze medalist.

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As expected, both archers started firing perfect 30-point ends, and that made the score even at the end of the first end.

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Ai ended with a one-point disadvantage after the second end but Stutzman leveled the game in the third end to get a clean sweep while Ai

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who dropped one point, The fourth end was a huge blow for Ai as Stutzman produced yet another one hundred percent.

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Stutzman took the fifth and last spot of the end in the lead, one point ahead of Ai. In the last three shots,

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Stutzman maintained his lead and even increased his advantage to win a Paralympic record of 149 for the gold position, while Ai scored 147, making him the silver medalist; He Zihao scored 145 to get the bronze medal.

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