It was Valladont's first title since coming second at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and he will move to the top of the rankings when they are updated tomorrow.

Ellison, who finished third behind Valladont in Rio de Janeiro, was the top seed, but fell 4-0 behind in the final at the Antalya Archery Club Field in Turkey.

He could only shoot a pair of 28-point sets where the Frenchman produced two 29s. 

Ellison then won the third 27-26 but, with a chance to force a fifth set, the American produced an eight when he needed a 10.

That left the door open for the Frenchman to seal victory, which he did by firing a 10.

“It was great to be able to beat him but even more so we had a great match," said Valladont.

Italy's David Pasqualucci claimed the bronze medal after beating Thomas Chirault of France 7-3.

Russia's Ksenia Perova won the women's recurve competition after narrowly beating Lin Shih-Chia of Taiwan 6-5.

Le Chien-Ying, also of Taiwan, ensured a third place finish for her country as she thrashed Colombian Ana Maria Rendon 6-0.

Earlier today, Le teamed up with compatriots Peng Chia-Mao and Tan Ya-Ting to win the women's team title.

The trio thrashed Japan's Ren Hayakawa, Tomomi Sugimoto and Miki Nakamura 6-0.

Germany beat Russia 6-0 to win the bronze medal.

Further success came for Taiwan in the mixed team recurve final as Peng and Wei Chun-Heng beat France's Valladont and Audrey Adiceom 5-3.

Spain defeated the US 6-2 to secure third place.

In the men's team recurve final, Italy's Pasqualucci alongside Mauro Nespoli and Marco Galiazzo took the gold medal after defeating Kazakhstan's Oibek Saidiyev, Denis Gankin and Sultan Duzelbayev 5-3.

The bronze medal went to Japan as they outclassed Germany 5-1.