Visually impaired divisions will compete at the World Archery Para Championships in Donaueschingen later this year for the first time since 2009. Archers from three countries are already registered to shoot in VI1 and VI2/3 categories, with classification by officials…
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New divisions for Donaueschingen
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World Cup celebrates 10 years!
The World Archery World Cup is celebrating its 10th year in existence in this 2015 outdoor season. The event, which tours iconic locations across the globes for its stages and grand final, was started in 2006 as part of the…
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Athletes of the Year
World Archery announced the results of its Athletes of the Year poll at a gala held in Las Vegas during the Vegas Shoot and fourth round and finals of the Indoor World Cup. The winners were: Men’s compound – Pierre-Julien…
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Mixed teams in Tokyo?
World Archery is putting forward bids to include a mixed team event in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The motion was agreed at a meeting of the federation’s executive board in Nottingham, UK, and will be put forward to the…
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New World Cup hosts announced
World Archery has announced some new stage venues for future World Cup events. Stages are awarded for three years, so organisers have a chance to build on and promote sequential events, and the host cities for 2017-2019 will be Salt…
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Rio 2016: first ticket news
If you were thinking of heading to Rio in two years’ time, World Archery has announced that archery could be one of the cheaper sports to get into. It is expected that tickets for the elimination rounds will cost as…
WA sights Commonwealth inclusion
World Archery has asked for greater clarity from the Commonwealth Games Federation with regards to its assessment criteria for a sport’s place in the games. Archery was included at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, but not at the most recent…
World Cup: Three Stages In
Three stages of the 2014 World Cup have been completed, and the rankings ahead of the fourth stage give some clues as to who might be making an appearance in the finals at Lausanne. Last year’s champion Oh Jin Hyek leads…
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World Archery joins IOC in pledge against match fixing
Archery’s international governing body World Archery is one of the first summer Olympic sport organisations to sign up to the International Olympic Committee‘s integrity system to combat match fixing and corruption. The Integrity Betting Intelligence System, or IBIS, collates information…
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World Archery releases 2015 competition dates
World Archery has released the provisional competition dates for the 2014 indoor season, as well as some for the 2015 outdoor calendar. The 2014-2015 Indoor world cup schedule currently looks like this: Stage 1: Marrakesh, Morocco, 8-9 November 2014 Stage…
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