Shooting star: Archer aims at Tokyo gold with arm pain gone

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison has a grouping of arrows on a target as he practices on his range Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. In between remodeling his archery workshop and raising piglets, Brady Ellison shoots 100 arrows a day on his custom-built range. That's not high volume for him, but he's scaled way back with the coronavirus pandemic postponing the Tokyo Games until next summer and his season on hold. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison pauses with a compound bow at his range on his farm Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. His name may not seem familiar despite a decorated career that includes many medals and world marks. The governing body for archery followed his 2019 season in a film titled “Believe: Brady Ellison.” It was a season that saw him become the first American to win a world championship title in the recurve event since Rick McKinney in 1985. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison lets an arrow fly as he practices on his range at his farm Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. Not too long ago the three-time Olympic medalist felt searing discomfort through his right arm whenever he released an arrow. Doctors couldn’t solve it. He couldn’t shoot through it. He nearly quit and went to work at a local copper mine. Now gold is back in the picture. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison lets an arrow fly as he practices on his range at his farm Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. Not too long ago the three-time Olympic medalist felt searing discomfort through his right arm whenever he released an arrow. Doctors couldn’t solve it. He couldn’t shoot through it. He nearly quit and went to work at a local copper mine. Now gold is back in the picture. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison walks back from a target as he practices on his range at his farm Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. Not too long ago the three-time Olympic medalist felt searing discomfort through his right arm whenever he released an arrow. Doctors couldn’t solve it. He couldn’t shoot through it. He nearly quit and went to work at a local copper mine. Now gold is back in the picture. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison checks on a piglet after practicing his archery on his range Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. His name may not seem familiar despite a decorated career that includes many medals and world marks. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison checks on a mother pig and her week-old piglets after he practices his archery on his range Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. Not too long ago the three-time Olympic medalist felt searing discomfort through his right arm whenever he released an arrow. Doctors couldn’t solve it. He couldn’t shoot through it. He nearly quit and went to work at a local copper mine.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison checks on a week-old piglet after practicing his archery on his range Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. With the season delayed, Ellison's working on projects around the house. He recently installed a new floor in his workshop. He's also tending to a litter of 10 pigs. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)