At the 20th Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Saltillo (Sept. 12–13, 2026), every individual medalist used an Easton X10 family shaft; the sweep extends Easton’s World Cup Final gold record back to the circuit’s start in 2006.
All 12 individual podium finishers at Saltillo used Easton X10 or 3.2 X10 Parallel Pro shafts.
Easton’s streak of World Cup Final golds now spans every edition since the Archery World Cup began in 2006 (20 editions).
Notable winners: Dhiraj Bommadevara (first Indian man to win World Cup Final gold), Marie Horáčková, Nico Wiener, and Alexis Ruiz (using the 3.2 X10 Parallel Pro).
The 20th Hyundai Archery World Cup Final took place in Saltillo, Mexico, on September 12–13, 2026, at Plaza de Armas. The season-ending field brought the circuit's top recurve and compound archers together for head-to-head finals.
When medals were decided, every individual podium across men's and women's recurve and compound used Easton X10 family shafts. That includes Easton X10 and Easton 3.2 X10 Parallel Pro models.
Easton arrows have now been used to win gold at every Archery World Cup Final since the competition began in 2006. The Saltillo results keep that unbroken run intact through the event's 20 editions.
Podium highlights and match results
The Saltillo results reinforce the X10 family's prevalence at the elite level of target archery. Across weapon classes and match formats, top medalists chose Easton shafts. For athletes, coaches, and manufacturers monitoring equipment trends, the Saltillo sweep is a clear data point about what medal-winning shooters used at this edition of the World Cup Final.
Saltillo closed the 2026 international circuit with a high-profile validation of the X10 product line: all individual medals, across four events, used Easton shafts, including the new 3.2 X10 Parallel Pro for the compound women's gold.
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