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WORLD RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES

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Sambodromo Marquês de Sapucaí, Rio de Janeiro

5 to 12 August 2016

Four medals: men’s and women’s individual and team

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PRESS SHEETS • A guide to recurve archery Aside from the useful material provided • The by the friendly on-site ONS and press • A guide to recurve technique teams, we’ve put together a short collection of information to help • The archery glossary journalists cover the archery in Rio… • A guide to Olympic archery

PROF DR COMMS TEAM IN RIO UGUR ERDENER WORLD ARCHERY PRESIDENT CONTACT Chris Wells, Communications Manager [email protected], +41799475520 Prof Dr Ugur Erdener is President of World Archery, a TEAM Ludivine Maitre-Wicki, Senior Communications Coordinator member of the International [email protected] Olympic Committee’s Executive Board and Chair Dean Alberga, Official Photographer of its Medical and Sports Andrea Vasquez Ricardo, Reporter Science Commission, and a widely-respected physician. He was elected to the World Archery Presidency in 2005 and has presided over a period of unparalleled World Archery @worldarchery World Archery growth for the sport within the Olympic Movement and around the world. World Archery Press Sheet #1 A GUIDE TO EN ENGLISH RECURVE ARCHERY

Recurve bows are the modern scoring a maximum of 720 points. evolution of historical bows used They are seeded on score (1-104 at COMPETITION around the world for over 10,000 World Archery events and 1-64 at the CRIBSHEET years. Modern recurve bows are Olympics) for the brackets. QUALIFICATION made from advanced materials but Recurve matches are run using the set winning high-level recurve archery system. Individual archers shoot sets of competitions takes immense physical three and compare scores. and psychological skill, thanks to the 72 incredible levels of accuracy achieved The archer with the highest set score by the world’s top recurve archers. receives two set points. If the scores are 70M drawn, each receives one set point. The Recurve archery has been an Olympic first archer to reach six set points wins discipline since 1972, when the sport MAX the match. returned to the Games after a 52- SCORE 720 year absence. The team event was If the scores are tied after five sets, at introduced in 1988 and head-to-head 5-5, each archer shoots one in matchplay in 1992. a tiebreaker, and the archer with the Seeded for arrow closest to the centre of the target bracket Competition Structure wins the match. There are three stages to international Mixed team and team matches are the MATCHPLAY recurve archery competitions: first to five set points. Mixed team sets qualification, eliminations and finals. consist of four arrows (two per archer) SET SYSTEM Archers qualify by shooting 72 arrows and team sets consist of six arrows 1 SET at a 122cm target face at 70 metres, (three per archer). = 30 > 29 = 2 0 29 = 29 TARGET = 1 1 Recurve archery targets are 122cm in diameter with a 10- 6 ? = ring of 12.2cm in diameter. They have 10 scoring rings 5 5 = V (10-1) and five colours: gold, red, blue, black and white.

Match winner advances

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Mixed team and team Choi Misun (KOR) qualification scores combine the individual scores of the competing athletes. Mixed team sets are four arrows (2 each), team sets are six (2 each). Five set points wins a mixed team or team match. © World Archery 2016 World Archery Press Sheet #2 THE EN ENGLISH RECURVE BOW

SIGHT CLICKER LIMBS The archer aims with a sightpin, Ensures the archer imparts the same The top and bottom limbs re-“curve” away which cannot be magnified, that is amount of energy to each arrow. The from the string. Drawing the bow bends the moveable up-and-down and left- arrow slides underneath the clicker limbs, storing energy, which is what sends to-right. Archers move their sights as the archer draws. At the end of the the arrow flying when the string is released. so they can aim in the centre of arrow, it falls and “clicks”. the target with each arrow. STRING Drawing the string under tension bends DAMPENER the limbs. The string is made of synthetic Weights and dampeners (or materials to prevent stretching. dampers) at the end of stabilisers 15-25 both absorb vibration when the NOCKING POINT bow is shot and redistribute the The arrow clips onto the balance of the bow. string between these two raised points, keeping it in place throughout the shot.

REST, BUTTON The arrow sits on the rest LONGROD in the bow and against the The longrod, the main bar in the plunger button, which is tuned stabiliser set-up, is made of carbon to the specific arrow-bow set-up and aluminium. It balances the and ensures the bow during and after the shot, and arrow flies straight. absorbs vibration. GRIP Usually made of wood V-BAR, SHORTROD or plastic, the grip is The V-Bar and short-rods distribute RISER the the part of the weight to the back and side of the The main and solid part of the bow, 2.5-3.5 bow in which the bow, helping to balance the bow into which the limbs fix (usually archer puts their during aiming and change the with a quick-release system) and CM hand. Some are reaction of the bow when it’s shot. the sight, stabilisers and other 163-183 customised. accessories are attached. Made of aluminium or carbon.

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FINGER TAB ARROW 3 3 Recurve archers hold the Arrows are made of carbon and string in their fingers. To pre- aluminimum, and are often vent injury, they wear a finger barrelled, meaning they’re thicker 4 tab, which has a large leather in the middle of the shaft 1 than face 1 that goes between at the ends. The nock 2 clips the fingers and string. It often onto the string, the three vanes has a shelf to help consistent or 3 stabilise the arrow 2 4 location under the chin , in flight and the point pierces 1 index and third finger spacer 4 the target. Arrows fly at speeds of 3 or little finger hook 4 . around 230 km/h. BACK FRONT

© World Archery 2016. www.worldarchery.org World Archery Press Sheet #3 A GUIDE TO EN ENGLISH RECURVE TECHNIQUE 1 1 POSTURE The recurve archer sets her stance, close to at right angles to the target but usually with the back foot a little forward. She places her bow hand into the grip on the riser and her draw fingers onto the string, one finger above the arrow and two fingers below. She lifts her head, stands up straight and looks directly at the target.

2 DRAW She lifts her bow up to point her arrow 2 directly at the target, and pushes against the riser with her bow hand as she pulls her draw hand back with her back elbow.

The draw rhythm is consistent, shot 3 AIM after shot, and she uses her back Coming into a consistent anchor muscles to pull the bow efficiently. position, where her draw hand sits underneath her chin and the string 3 touches her lips and nose, she aims with the eye closest to her draw hand. AIMING Her anchor point acts as a back sight, the EYE sight pin a front sight – which she lines up with the 10-ring in the target. Throughout the aim, she keeps pressure on her elbow and tension in her back.

Yasemin Anagoz (TUR) TARGET SIGHT

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4 RELEASE The archer relaxes her fingers as her clicker sounds to release the arrow. Because she kept pressure on her back elbow and pushed her front hand against the bow, they make sharp movements as the snaps 5 FOLLOW THROUGH back to its starting position. She moves her draw hand to the back 5 of her head and keeps her bow hand pressed towards the target, to make sure there is no interference with the arrow as it flies away from the bow. The rest of her body remains still, providing a solid base from which to launch the shot, and her bow jumps out of her hand with left over energy from the limbs.

RECURVE BOW SPIN One of the most noticeable features of a recurve archer’s technique is how the bow spins in the hand at the end of the shot. A recurve archer does not grip the bow but wraps a finger sling around the riser, so when they release the string the bow jumps forward as a result of the force stored in the limbs and the direction the archer is pressing the riser. The bow is caught by the sling and reacts according to its inherent kinetic energy and the balance of its stabilisation – often by spinning! World Archery Press Sheet #12 A GUIDE TO EN ENGLISH OLYMPIC ARCHERY CHAMPIONS Archery first appeared in the Archery at Rio 2016 (SINCE 1972) Olympic Games in 1900, and was Archery at the Rio contested again in 1904, 1908 and USA 2016 Olympic Games Doreen Wilber USA . It was re-introduced into the 1972 1920 will take place in the programme in 1972 with individual Sambodromo, the events for men and women. The team home of Rio’s annual USA event was introduced in 1988 and head- Luann Ryon USA Samba carnival. 1976 to-head matchplay in 1992. It includes individual and team Women competed in the 1904 competitions for both men and women, T Poikolainen FIN Olympics, making archery one of the K Losaberidze URS with all matches decided using the set 1980 first sports to include both genders. system for the first time at a Games. Olympic venues (In London, individual matches used the Darrell Pace USA Seo Hyang-Soon KOR Archery is known for using iconic, set system and team cumulative score.) 1984 historical or impressive locations to Sixty-four men and 64 women from 56 host its competitions. Archery at Athens countries will compete in Rio. In the USA 2004 was held in Panathinaiko Stadium, individual competition, an athlete must Korea where the first modern Olympics were Kim Soo-Nyung KOR win six matches in a row to be crowned 1988 held in 1896, and at London 2012 in Olympic Champion. Korea Lord’s Cricket Ground. Twelve men’s teams and 12 women’s teams compete at the Games. A team Seb Flute FRA must win three (if ranked top four) or Spain Cho Youn-Jeong KOR The Hosts: Brazil 1992 four (if ranked eight-12) matches in a Korea The Brazilian team receives a full six-athlete row to be crowned Olympic Champion. quota to the Games as the host country. The ranking round takes place on the The following six athletes will represent same day as the Olympic opening USA Brazil at Rio 2016: USA ceremony, and is the only opportunity Kim Kyung-Wook KOR 1996 Sarah Nikitin, Ane Marcelle Dos Santos, for athletes to secure a world record Korea Marina Canetta, Marcus D’Almeida, during the competition week. Daniel Xavier, Bernardo Oliveira In Rio, the Korean women’s team will S Fairweather AUS Marcus D’Almeida is widely viewed as the shoot for an eighth consecutive gold Korea biggest hope for a medal, after he took medal. Korea has never lost the Yun Mi-Jin KOR 2000 silver at the Youth Olympic Games in women’s team event. Korea Nanjing 2014 and silver at the Final in ITA Lausanne the same year. Korea Park Sung-Hyun KOR 2004 Korea

Viktor Ruban UKR Korea Zhang Juan-Juan CHN 2008 Korea

Kim Soo-Nyung (KOR) Oh Jin Hyek KOR won four Olympic golds Italy in three appearances: Ki Bo Bae KOR 2012 Individual in 1988, team in Korea 1988, 1992 and 2000. © World Archery 2016. World Archery Press Sheet #11 THE EN ENGLISH ARCHERY GLOSSARY

15-ARROW MATCH Standard format for an bow, bowstring and arrow rest, shot is permitted. Not used in the individual match using a . using the fingers. Nosight or stabiliser is Olympics, but used in the Paralympics. The athlete with the highest cumulative permitted. COURSE The range on which a score after 15arrow s wins. BOW A piece of curved sporting equipment, is round is shot. 16-ARROW MATCH Standard format for joined at both ends by a bowstring, used to CUMULATIVE SCORE Adding together the a mixed team match using a compound shoot an arrow. value of a number of arrows to find a total. bow. The mixed team with the highest BOW ARM The arm, attached to the bow cumulative score after 16arrow s wins. DIRECTOR OF SHOOTING The technical hand, that supports the . bow official responsible for competition timing. 24-ARROW MATCH Standard format for a BOW HAND The hand holding the bow. team match using a compound bow. Team D-LOOP A “D”-shaped piece of string that with the highest cumulative score after 24 BOWSTRING A string, usually made of is tied to the bowstring of a compound arrows wins. synthetic materials, that attaches to both bow around the nocking point, to which a ends of the bow, which is drawn by the release aid attaches. 50-METRE ROUND Standard format for the archer and imparts energy to the arrow ranking round with the compound bow. DRAW The act of pulling back the bowstring. upon release. Athletes shoot 72 arrows at 50 metres on an DRAW FINGERS The fingers that hold the 80cm target face. BRACKET Knock-out system of matches, bowstring. (Or hold the release aid, in the where the winner advances and the loser is Standard format for case of a compound bow.) 70-METRE ROUND out of the competition. the ranking round with the recurve bow. DRAW HAND The hand that pulls the Athletes shoot 72 arrows at 70 metres on an BUBBLE A device attached to the sight of bowstring. 122cm target face. a compound bow that helps maintain a consistent vertical position. DRAW LENGTH The distance between the AIM The process of pointing a drawn bow arrow rest to the back of the arrow at full towards the target. CAM An elliptical-shaped component of a draw. compound bow, over which the bowstring ALIGNMENT The relationship between the runs, decreasing the amount of draw weight DRAW WEIGHT The peak force required position of the bow, sight, anchor point and required to hold the bow at full draw. to draw the bow to full draw (usually ’s eye. archer measured in pounds). CAM STOP A mechanical point in the draw ANCHOR POINT A consistent location on of a compound bow that stops the bow END A group of arrows, usually three or six, the archer’s face to where the string hand being drawn any further. shot in one sequence. comes at full draw. CHESTGUARD An accessory that covers EQUIPMENT INSPECTION The process of ARCHER A person who shoots a bow. the side of the archer’s chest closest to the checking that an athlete’s equipment falls ARCHERY Shooting with a bow, keeping clothes out of the path of the within the rules. at a target for sport. bowstring. FIELD ARCHERY A type of archery done ARCHERY WORLD CUP The annual CLASSIFICATION A sport class assigned outdoors around a course, similar to golf, international archery tour, consisting of to para archery by a classifier athletes to with targets of varying sizes and distances. at least three legs and a final, that was ensure fair competition. FINGER SLING A string attached to the draw launched in 2006. CLASSIFIER A person who assesses the fingers, around the bow, preventing it from ARMGUARD An accessory that protects impairment of a para archery athlete and falling to the ground. Some slings are also the arm from the string when an arrow is assigns them a classification. attached to the bow. released. Made of plastic (or leather) and CLICKER A drawlength-check device used An accessory worn on the draw worn on the inside of the forearm. on a recurve bow that gives an audible hand of an archer using a recurve bow ARROW Projectile that a bow shoots. indication when the arrow has reached the that has a flat piece of leather to protect the Consists of several parts: point, shaft, desired draw length. Ensures the archer string fingers. and nock. imparts the same energy to the arrow with FLETCHING The real or artificial feathers that each shot. ARROW FLIGHT The path of the arrow from stabilise the back of an arrow. the bow to the target. COMPOUND BOW A bow that uses a cam FULL DRAW The end of the draw, when an system, through which the bowstring and ARROW REST The contact point of the archer is at anchor point. cables run, to increase the efficiency of arrow to the bow. energy imparted to the arrow when the bow GOLD The first (central) colour on the BAREBOW A bow consisting of recurve is shot. The use of a magnifying sight and standard target face, scoring 9 and 10.

PAGE ONE OF TWO © World Archery 2016. www.worldarchery.org GRIP The wooden or plastic part, in the cumulative score that is used to seed SIGHT A device mounted on the bow with centre of the riser, that an archer holds. athletes for a bracket. The highest scorer which an archer aims. It has a block that is receives seed one, second seed two, and so moveable up-and-down and left-to-right. An GROUP The pattern of an archer’s arrows in on… archer using a compound bow may have a the target. magnifying lens and bubble, but an archer RECURVE BOW A bow that consists of a INDOOR ARCHERY A type of archery done using a may have neither. and two that curve back away recurve bow indoors, usually over 18 metres. riser limbs from the archer, linked by a bowstring SIGHT PIN The part of the sight that an JUDGE The technical official responsible for that is drawn with the fingers. The use of archer locates on the target during aim. the application of the rules and to establish a stabilisers, and a clicker is permitted – but SPIDER A colloquial term for the X. score value in case of doubt. the use of a magnifying sight and release A rod and weight system KISSER An optional button attached to the aid is not permitted. Used in the Olympics STABILISER mounted to the to balance it during bowstring that an archer touches to a spot and Paralympics. bow aim and absorb vibration on release. on the face (usually the lips) for a consistent REFERENCE POINT See anchor point. vertical reference. TARGET The object an archer aims at. RELEASE The act of letting go of the Archery targets have 10 concentric rings, LEFT-HANDED ARCHER Holds bow in the bowstring at full draw. right hand, draws with the left. scoring one to 10 points, coloured in twos RELEASE AID A mechanical hand-held from the centre: gold, red, blue, black and LIMBS The parts of a bow that bend to device used with the compound bow that white. An archer using a recurve bow propel an arrow on release. is used to draw and release the bowstring, shoots at a 122cm target, with a 10-ring A bow popular in England in attaching via a D-Loop, minimising measuring 12.2cm across. An archer using a the , up to two metres long and inconsistencies. compound bow shoots at an 80cm target, with a 10-ring measuring 8cm across, with made of yew. RIGHT-HANDED ARCHER Holds bow in the the outer four scoring rings removed. MATCH A head-to-head contest between two left hand, draws with the right. The most common type archery opponents. RISER The rigid centre section of a bow into of archery, done over fixed distances on a which the limbs attach. MIXED TEAM A mixed team consists of two range. athletes, one male and one female, shooting ROUND A standard number of ends shot at TARGET FACE The paper sheet, printed with the same style of bow. designated distance(s) to obtain a score or a the scoring zones, mounted on the phase of matchplay. target NOCK The component at the back of an boss. arrow that clips onto the bowstring. SCORE The value of an arrow, or TARGET BOSS The foam mat that catches combination of arrows, in the target. NOCKING POINT Two raised buttons on the arrow, held on a stand, onto which the the bowstring between which the arrow is SERVING String wrapped around ends and target face is mounted. clipped, keeping it in place. centre of a bowstring to protect it from wear. TEAM Target archery teams consist of three OPEN A classification in para archery, SET A series of arrows in the set system. athletes of the same gender shooting the usually assigned to an athlete with an Three in individual competition, four in same style of bow. impairment in either the top or bottom of mixed team and six in team. their body. TECHNIQUE An archer’s shooting style. SET POINTS Awarded on the score of a set. From Latin, meaning “of or PARA ARCHERY The Paralympic discipline of The highest scorer in the set receives two set TOXOPHILY relating to ” archery for athletes with a classification. points. Each receives one if the scores are archery PEEPSIGHT A circular plastic or metal device equal. TUNING An adjustment to the bow or arrow to improve arrow flightand consistency. attached to the string of compound bow, SET SYSTEM Used to decide the result of through which the archer looks at his sight matches using the recurve bow. Athletes VANE See fletching. to aim. shoot a series of sets, comparing scores WAITING LINE A line parallel to the shooting within each set and receiving set points. Six PLUNGER BUTTON A sprung plastic cushion line that an archer, waiting to shoot, may set points wins an individual , five on which the side of the arrow rests on a match not cross until given the signal to do so. recurve bow. It helps the arrow fly straight. wins a mixed team or team match. W1 A classification in para archery, usually The main body of the , made of POINT The metal tip at the front of the arrow SHAFT arrow assigned to and athlete with an impairment carbon/aluminium. that pierces the target. in the top and bottom of their body. W1 POSTURE The relationship between an SHOT, SHOOT, SHOOTING To draw and athletes may use a recurve bow or a archer’s lower and upper body, head and release a bow. compound bow, limited to 45 pounds. They arms, and target, during the . may not use a magnifiedsight but may use a shot SHOOTING LINE A position parallel to the release aid. QUALIFICATION See ranking round. target from which archers shoot. WORLD ARCHERY The international A container for arrows worn around SHOOT-OFF A match tie-break procedure federation for the sport of archery. Formed the waist. in which each archer – or archer within the in 1931 and headquartered in Lausanne, team – shoots a single arrow. The closest RANGE An area for doing archery. Switzerland. arrow to the centre of the target wins the RANKING ROUND A round using match. X The very centre of the target.

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