As well as acting as a positive rehearsal for Los Angeles, the win also offers some respite personally for the 2025 Indoor World Series Finals champion Gellenthien, who went out early in the round of 16 earlier this week after seeding high in qualifications at fifth.
Individually she shot fantastic amidst the dry Mexican heat and wind, shooting only one arrow outside the 10 ring and getting three Xs in her last four shots.
Her form matters more than ever and unlike in previous years, US-based Gellenthien is hoping to travel with Fullerton and the Denmark cohort to World Cups as they build to repeat Saturday morning’s success in two years time.
“There’ll be some longer trips to Denmark than there were in the past for sure. We’re looking into it. I’m going to the Madrid one and then maybe going to Denmark the week before and the week after because then I’ll already be acclimated to the time zone.”
“The trip will be a lot shorter and there’s going to be a lot of those trips in my future.”
As Gellenthien and Fullerton returned to winning ways, so did former world number ones India in the compound women gold medal match against fellow giants USA 233-232 after not winning any World Cup golds in 2025.
In a twist, former world number one nation in the category Madhura Dhamangaonkar, Pragati and Jyothi Surekha Vennam were well supported throughout the match by Mexican fans in attendance and in their mixed team bronze encounter – which they lost to USA in another tight contest 155-154 – despite their countries being separated by over 14000 miles apart.
Competition in Puebla is currently ongoing with compound individual finals in the afternoon.