matches determining the winners of the gold, silver, and bronze medals concluded the event. The ranking round was held on 12 October and determined the seeds for the elimination rounds. Each of the thirty-two archers shot a total of 72 arrows, the archer scoring the highest total from her 72 arrows receiving the number one seed, the archer with the second highest total receiving second seed, and so on. In the event of a tie between two or more archers, the number of arrows shot in the central 10-ring of the target was taken into account, with the number of arrows shot within the inner-10 (or X) ring used as a second tiebreaker if necessary. The format of the elimination and medal-deciding rounds followed the Archery Olympic Round set system. The elimination rounds began on 15 October with the 1/16 round and continued into the following day, 16 October, with the bronze and gold medal finals following afterwards. Each match consisted of a maximum of five sets, with archers each shooting three arrows per set. The archer with the greater score from their three arrows won the set, earning two set points. The archer with the lower score in each set received zero points. If the score was tied, each archer received one point. The first archer to reach six set points was declared the winner. If the match was tied at five set points each after the maximum five sets were played, a single tie-breaker arrow was used with the closest to centre of the target winning. In the event both archers shot into the central 10 ring in the first tiebreaker, a second single tie-breaker arrow was used. Report Ranking round The ranking round on 12 October was headed by China's Zhang Mengyao, who scored a personal best of 675 points – out of a maximum of 720 – from her 72 arrows to claim the top seed for the elimination rounds. Japan's Ruka Uehara finished second with 667 points ahead of third-placed Himani of India on 665 points. Speaking to the media afterwards, Zhang stated that although she was satisfied with her performance she was not going to enter the knockout rounds feeling complacent about having placing first. Elimination rounds New Zealand's Rebecca Jones delivered an upset in the opening elimination round, held on 15 October, the thirty-first seed defeating second seed Uehara after a one arrow shoot-off was decided in Jones' favour. The 1/16 round also saw Tromans-Ansell mount a recovery over the Philippines' Nicole Tagle, coming from two sets down to win six set points to four. Tagle's defeat ended the Philippines' participation in the Games. Both Tromans-Ansell and Jones were eliminated by seventh seed Valentina Vázquez Cadena in the 1/8 and quarter-final rounds respectively, the Mexican reaching the semi-finals to face Spain's Elia Canales. Canales herself had finished eleventh in the ranking round with 645 points and showed improving form over the course of her three knockout matches, which included victory over sixth seed Clea Reisenweber of Germany, to progress to the semi-finals. Zhang meanwhile averaged twenty-eight points per set in her journey to the gold medal final, comfortably defeating Mst Radia Akther Shapla of Bangaldesh, Kazakhstan's Alexandra Voropayeva, and Myanmar's Pyae Sone Hnin to advance to the semi-finals. There she met fourth seed Son Ye-ryeong of South Korea, who had not conceded a single set in her three elimination round matches. Son led after three sets before Zhang outscored the Korean twice in succession to clinch the fourth and fifth sets and narrowly progress to the final. Medal matches As the two losing