Archery

Aluno: Rafael G. Lanzini
Turma: 9ºC
Professora: Helena

Archery is fascinating test of nerve and accuracy, archery made its Olympic debut at Paris 1900, with women joining in four years later. At Rio 2016, both genders will compete in individual and team events, aiming for that perfect score. Archery has a simple but far from easy objective: to hit the bull’s eye on a target from a distance of 70m.

There are different types of bows: the recurve bow, compound, bare bow, long bow and instinct bow. But only the recurve bow is allowed on the Olympics games.  The bow is divided in three parts: grip, limb and bow string. There are many events where archery is played: there are indoors and outdoors events, there are many national and international events in different cities, including the Olympic and Paralympic games.

The top rank country in archery is the South Korea. The top players of archery are:

Men:

1-Michele Frangilli (ITA);

2-Baljinima Tsyrempilov(RUS);

3-Lionel Torres(FRA);

4-Italo di Buo(ITA);

5-Im Dong-Hyun(KOR).

Women:

1-Natalia Valeeva(ITA);

2-Park Sung-Hyun(KOR);

3-Yun Mi-Jin (KOR);

4-Lee sung-Jin (KOR);

5-Qian Jialing (CHN).

There are some rules on archery:

Archers must adhere to all official rules in terms of the equipment they use in the performance of their sport, with the main emphasis being on them using no equipment or accessories that would give an unfair advantage over an opponent.

The maximum time permitted to shoot an end of three arrows is two minutes, and four minutes for an end of six arrows.

Athletes may not raise the bow arm until the signal to start is given and penalties can be given – in the form of points forfeits – if the bow is drawn after the official practice has been closed.

An arrow cannot be re-shot under any circumstances. The arrow may be considered not to have been shot if it falls from the bow or misfires, or if the target blows or falls over. Extra time would be given in such circumstances.

An arrow that rebounds or hangs from the target will still score based on the mark it makes on the target face. Arrows that stick – Robin Hood-style – in the nock of another shall score the same as the arrow in which they are embedded.

Athletes can be disqualified, have points deducted or be banned from competition for various breaches of rules, based on the severity of the offence.

If equipment is damaged, appeals can be made to the judge for such equipment to be replaced or fixed, and any time allowances will be at the judge’s discretion.

Images:

archery targer

Archery bow diagram

Michele Frangilli-London 2012