For the fourteenth consecutive edition, Archery will be one of the sports in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held from July 26 to August 11; Mexico has 3 medals in its history.
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The first occasion in which Archery was part of an Olympic Games was in Paris 1900so 124 years later, he will return to the ‘City of Love’.
RULES OF ARCHERY IN OLYMPIC GAMES
Beginning as part of a practice necessary to survive, even BC, the passage of centuries led to the Archery to become a sport that currently is celebrated in the most fair:
– For the Olympic Games, it is practiced with recurve bows.
– The target is located at 70 meters away.
– It is scored from 0 to 10depending on the ring in which the arrow remains.
– Each archer has 3 shotswhoever gets the highest score will win a set.
– For each set won, 2 points are obtained; 1 for the draw and zero for the defeat.
– He match winner will be the first to arrive 6 points.
– If the score is the same in the last set, the ‘golden arrow‘, which will award one more shot to each archer until the winner is defined.
– Other tiebreaker methodin case both arrows end with 10 points, the winner will be the one closest to the center.
ARCHERY DISCIPLINES IN OLYMPIC GAMES
– Individual (female and male branch).
– By teams (male and female branch).
– Test by mixed teams.
ALL MEXICO MEDALS IN OLYMPIC ARCHERY
The Mexican delegation boast of 3 medals in history of the Olympic Games, two bronze (London 2012 and Tokyo 2020/21) and one silver (London 2012); Aida is Romanian She is the only Aztec archer to have climbed onto the Olympic podium twice:
– Aida is Romanian / London 2012 – Plata (women’s individual).
– Mariana Avitia / London 2012 – Bronze (women’s individual).
– Aida Román and Luis ‘Abuelo’ Álvarez / Tokio 2020/21 – Bronze (mixed teams).
He athlete with the most medals Archery in the history of the Olympic Games is Hubert Van Innis (Belgium) who holds 6 gold medals by three silver obtained between the Games of 1900 and 1920.
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2024-03-05 04:00:00
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