RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The biggest battle Brady Ellison had to win Friday was the one going on inside his head.
The American was one arrow away from the gold medal round in the men's individual archery when he flat out missed and registered an eight in a shootout against South Korean Ku Bon-chan. Ku took advantage of the opening with a nine and went on to win gold. In the meanwhile, Ellison had to immediately regroup for the bronze medal round starting moments later to avoid going home empty-handed.
Ellison won the bronze 6-2 against Netherlands' Sjef van den Berg, but had to get out of his own head first.