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Archery At The 2016 Summer Paralympics – Team Recurve Open
The Mixed team recurve open event is one of three team events to be held in Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. It contained sixteen teams of one man and one woman, and took place on Sunday 11 September 2016. The ranking round determining the makeup and seeding of the teams was held on September 10. from paralympic.org Following a ranking round, all sixteen teams entered. the knockout rounds at the first round stages, with no byes. The losing semifinalists play off for the bronze medal. The event was won by second seeds Zhao Lixui and Wu Chunyan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who practices archery is typically called an archer, bowman, or toxophilite. History Origins and ancient archery The oldest known evidence of the bow and arrow comes from South African sites such as Sibudu Cave, where the remains of bone and stone arrowheads have been found dating approximately 72,000 to 60,000 years ago.Backwell L, d'Errico F, Wadley L.(2008). Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35:1566–1580. Backwell L, Bradfield J, Carlson KJ, Jashashvili T, Wadley L, d'Errico F.(2018). The antiquity of bow-and-arrow technology: evidence from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
