2008 Olympic archery

[cdworks]

70 meters, check stickbow they have a post with alot of cool info on it about how far and such

[Scott E]

Tough loss for the mens team yesterday. Individual match is wednesday.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

70 Meters is 76+ yards

[joe skipp]

I watched today...Koreans beat the Italians but it was real close. Italy closed the gap to 2 pts but then the young guy shot a 7. All the Koreans had to do was "9" out, which they did. All were shooting the Samick bows except one italian, he shot a Hoyt....and was the best shot. All them guys are rock steady at full draw and have great concentration.

[Greg Sz.]

these guys are unbelievable! They are dissapointed when they don't get within the nine point ring at 70m! I would be estatic if I just hit the target consistently. I know that this is their life bit this is still very very impressive!

[Scott E]

Greg and thats in Olympic competition you should see them in practice! It unbelievable!

[Scott E]

bump for the individual matches tonight

[Roadkill]

a few year back there was a youngster from SoCal named Justin Huish and he was amazing for such a young guy.  No wonder they don't have seasons in Korea-they'd wipe out teh game in such a small space

[suttoman]

It amazes me how good the Koreans really are - but moreover - why they are so good?  They make rubbish bows - but at least they know how to shoot them properly!

Sutto

[Scott E]

Here are the results from the womens individuals
Gold-China
Silver and Bronze -Korea

Tonight is the mens individuals and we still have one american left, Vic Wunderle.

[Scott E]

Well Vic was eliminated in the quarterfinals by mexico.

Gold Ukraine
Silver Korea
Bronze Russia

[Tom Leemans]

Looked like he was having back tension problems or something. Personally, I'd be annoyed by that little arrow holder clicker.

[Scott E]

ya he was letting down on almost every arrow. It made it very suspenseful though because a couple of times he shot with just one second left on the clock. The clicker is good and bad but it insures the exact same draw on every arrow and helps with a surprise release.

[chrisg]

Hey Suttoman, I was just shooting my Samick Equus recurve this pm for fun. I am shooting a long bow these days! It is one of the 'old ones'- actually made in Korea, I have to have shot 25 000+ arrows through it since 2002 and it still is a treat- 55#,very fast, no stack on 27"draw 52"ntn and flat shooting. The more recent ones and the mega mass produced items are not so hot I have heard but I guess those Olympic fellows shoot the best of the best. The top flight target bows I have seen here shoot good and look pretty impressive, they cost more than my car!
chrisg