Olympic sports

1. OLYMPIC SPORTS
ARCHERY
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2. • Archery dates back around 10,000 years,
when bows and arrows were first used for
hunting and warfare.
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3. • Archery made its Olympic debut at Paris
1900.
• Then, it was out of the programme up to
Munich 1972.
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4. The basics
• The object of the sport is : to shoot arrows
as close to the centre
of a target as possible.
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5. • Athletes shoot at the target from a
distance of 70m.
• Men and women compete separately, both
as individuals and in teams of three.
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6. • Medal events: (4)
men’s Individual, women’s Individual,
men’s Team and women’s Team.
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7. • Competition dates:
Friday 27th July – Friday 3rd August
• Competition venue:
Lord’s Cricket
Ground
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8. • Enjoy archery watching this video.
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