Oliver clinches emotional world title

Oliver had already won team gold alongside Tracey Hill and Jessica Nilsson and ensured individual glory by besting Jessica Tomasi in a tense showdown.

The Italian, seeded number two, took the first end 13-12 before the top-seeded Brit won the second end to go two points clear, although Tomasi responded in the third to draw level.

But Oliver forged clear in the last to claim a 50-45 victory and become the world champion.

"It's really emotional," said Oliver. "I just can't really believe that it has happened. I was just kind of shooting.

"I wasn't really thinking about the end result, I just wanted to shoot nice shots - and that was really all the way through the week."

And the victory was all the sweeter for Oliver following the recent death of her grandmother – also a field archer.

"It's emotional because my grandma passed away recently and she was a field archer," added Oliver. "So it's nice to be able to do it for her.

"She was a field archer, the same with my granddad – pretty much my entire family are field archers.

"They're going to be really happy. We're going to have a gold medal party – they said they'd do that."

Sportsbeat 2016