Olympic archery

[geno]

Not much of an olympic guy but glad I cought this. It was Korean women against Chineese women. Great to watch there forms. There anchor point was on there chin.The string was pulled dead center of there chin. I never did here how far they were shooting but it looked like the arrow took a while to get to the target. They were all shooting Samick RC bows with some kind of tripod stabilizer in front.They say the Korean are the ones to beat

[Mike Byrge@home]

I saw Korea vs. Italy in the men's team final yesterday.  I enjoy watching them too.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

they where shoot out 70 meters ( 76.5 yards )

[EricW]

I'm kind of dissapointed. Havn't been able to watch any yet. I tried to watch online but I have to old of a computer I guess. Work during the day so thats out. Just had to gripe.

[Gerardo]

hoping something for the mexican thats competing he classified first and going well!!!!

[FJTOYMAN]

When and what channel?

[geno]

I would like to hear more on the anchoring they use. Anyone here anchor under there chin like that? What pound bows are the average?

[Orion]

Their under-the-chin anchor is called a target anchor.  Has been around forever for long range shooting.  It in effect lowers the rear sight.  The lower anchor also orients the bow/arrow in a more upward trajectory, enabling the archer to get more distance out of a particular sight setting.  I believe Olympic shooters are also limited to one sight pin.  Because Olympic bows are fairly lightweight and the shot distance is long, it would not be possible to set the one pin low enough (it would either be below the arrow or retard the arrow's flight) if they didn't anchor under their chin.

[Tom Leemans]

Go to nbcolympics.com. Find the list of sporting categories on the left hand side, click on archery, navigate around until you see the little "rewind" hyperlink.... Oh just go here   olympic videos   and pick your hi-def video coverage. Sorry to see the cutie from England, Alison Williamson, lose in the individual rounds. You could set your watch by how she shot. It was nice to see the Brit women bring back skirts to the sport and give it some class too. We still have a couple archers in the round of 8 yet!

[Tom Leemans]

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[JStark]

Thanks for putting up the link!  I've been watching the men's individual, and really hoped the Mexican kid would win (I don't know if he's a kid, but he looks young).

[JStark]

Oh yeah, and the Russians (no joke) have a guy by the name of "Badanov", for all you Rocky & Bullwinkle fans out there.

[Don Stokes]

Moose and sqvirrel better stay avay.

[Chris Lantz]

I can't believe Sunghyun Park lost in the Women's individual finals. Chinese competitor Juanjuan Zhang beat all 3 of the Korean competitors en-route to the gold! Interestingly all of the Korean women posted their lowest scores of the competition in their matches against Zhang, do you think they got rattled by the home crowd? Didn't seem to be a factor in the team competition though.

[Longbowz]

Watched the mens individual final today.  The precision at 70 meters is remarkable.  Makes me feel like a real duffer.  :rolleyes:    

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Don't feel like a duffer, Sir; it's a different pursuit! Good hunting and shooting to you!

[BillJ]

I notice that they all shoot split-fingered, rather than 3-under.  Is this an olympic / FITA rule, or is there some other reason?

[**DONOTDELETE**]

if they did 3 under the arrow will on their chin's, split fingers puts the finger on the chin. I think that's for a cleaner release.