09/01/2026
73 years old. 204 arrows. Double gold 🥇 🥇
At the 2026 State Games of America, organizers merged two archery tournaments into a single 10 hour day. Anne Abernathy, 73, was the only archer who attempted both. She won both, and posted the highest recurve score of the day of any archer on the field, male or female.
Archery asks for exactly what people are told to expect less of with age: sustained attention, precise repetition, composure under pressure. Anne shot 204 arrows across 10 hours in the heat, and put five of her final six in the gold. Her score rose to 747, up from 735 at her last competition in 2025 🏹
“I would not have attempted a challenge of this magnitude without Vielight.” - Anne Abernathy
Aging well is the whole reason we build what we build. The Vielight Neuro has been part of Anne's daily routine through a year of rehabilitation and her return to competition. For this event: Alpha the evening before, Gamma the morning of.
Read about Anne's incredible Olympic history here. She is the oldest female athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics, competing over 6x in her career: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Abernathy
