Australia’s first medal at Rio Olympics a bronze for men’s team archery sharp shooters

THE secret behind Australia’s first medal of the Rio Olympics was Brisbane archer Taylor Worth telling his mum to ‘zip it’ when she was in the stands.

THE secret behind Australia’s first medal of the Rio Olympics was Brisbane archer Taylor Worth telling his mum to ‘zip it’ when she was in the stands.

Yesterday, Tricia Davis came good on her promise and kept all cheering to a minimum as her son joined with Alec Potts and Ryan Tyack to win bronze in the archery teams event.

The Aussie trio beat China in their final to deliver Australia its first ever medal in the archery teams format.

Ryan Tyack, Taylor Worth and Alec Potts celebrate their win over China.

“I’m so proud, I’m bursting,” Tricia said.

“It was so hard, I’m not allowed to cheer so I’m doing this (screws up her face), because he knows my voice.”

Worth said he could pick his mother’s voice from anywhere and while it’s nice to have support, he said it can become a distraction.

“It’s like picking a voice in a crowded room, you know your family’s voice from anywhere so the plan was for her to be on the quiet side so I could focus on what I needed to do,” he said.

Worth and Tyack are both 25 and lived together for five years while coming through the Australian Institute of Sport.

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“We’ve been able to develop a bond in that time, and my first ever national youth championship was where I met Taylor way back in 2003,” Tyack said.

“We’ve spent a lot of time together, we’ve only been home for one week in the past few months so we’ve gotten used to each other in that time.”

Then there is the baby of the team, 20-year-old Potts, who comes from Mount Eliza in Victoria.

“It’s a real milestone for us as a team, we’ve had some great scores in practice and have come a long way especially in the last year, it’s surreal,” Potts said.

Alec Potts, Ryan Tyack and Taylor Worth show off their hard won spoils.

“We all agreed that our best chance as a team was if we all performed at our best as individuals.

“I know for me especially when I had a rough shot and turned around to these two guys with 10s, it certainly really helps to lift my spirit.”

The trio lost to eventual gold medallist Korea in their semi-final before Potts and Tyack both delivered perfect 10s to help clinch the bronze medal against China.

Tyack said he hoped it would get the ball rolling for Australia in Rio.

“It really means a lot to get the first medal for Australia and be able to take the lead and show everyone that we can do it,” he said.

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“We were trying to keep ourselves in our own little bubble, it doesn’t matter what (the competition) is doing … not getting caught up in the environment is a big thing.

“There was a moment where I did look at the crowd and I let it get to me for a couple of shots, but it didn’t have too much of an impact.”

As for how they planned on celebrating their slice of history with individual competition set to begin on Wednesday, Tyack said with “a good meal and a good sleep”.