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By JAMES D. EASTON FITA PRESIDENT The Olympic Games were an outstanding success for archery. From the lighting of the Olympic flame at the Opening Ceremony with the flaming arrow shot by Antonio Rebollo, to the exciting and unexpected victory by the Spanish men's team, these Olympics were a showcase for archery. Gold Medal performances by Sebastien Flute of France, Youn-Jeong Cho of Korea, the Korean women's team and the Spanish men's team, plus medals won by Great Britain and the Unified Team resulted in more newspaper and television coverage than archery has ever experienced.

The valuable exposure of archery to three billion people during the Opening Ceremony was an opportunity we may never see again . The flaming arrow igniting the Olympic Torch is an event that will be remembered long after the Games are over. It will become the enduring "trademark" of the Barcelona Games. To gain this type of publicity for archery was very fortunate . However, we must now continue to push forward with more

archery development programs to take advantage of the favorable and extensive media coverage.

The new Olympic Round was successful beyond my greatest expectations. It was everything I had envisioned and more ending with a great victory by the men's team of our host country . The archery event was expertly organized by Oswaldo Garcia, his staff and volunteers and they are to be commended for their efforts.

Technical delegates Don Lovo and Stan Patterson, together with the judges, led

by Klaus Schulz, did a great job and helped during the many long practice sessions that were held using local archers actually shooting the individual and team finals . Ricardo Gil and his Director Of Shooting staff and field crew, all practiced with us to make sure the competition ran smoothly and was professionally organized. The announcer of the competition, George Tekmitchov, was able to inform the spectators about the archers and the competition, as well as instantly CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Many celebrities, including King Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Anne from Great Britain, and IOC members attended the archery competition. Two very important IOC guests were Philippe Chatrier, Chairman of the IOC Program Commission and Juan Antonio Samaranch attended the Bronze and Gold Medal finals for men and was very complimentary of the new Olympic Round . He was pleased that the Olympic Round was easy to understand, was exciting and had an enthusiastic crowd cheering each good shot.

The television coverage of the men's individual and team finals was especially encouraging . Eurosport showed several segments of the competition and the three Spanish TV stations had thirtyminute segments of the team competition. Great Britain, France, Germany and Spain picked up the signal for live coverage in their country. FIT A printed a press guide for the media that helped in obtaining media coverage and also, with financial support from AMO, recorded the archery competition for a video that will be available shortly.

The comments we heard from the TV people, the press, the IOC members, President Samaranch, the spectators and the archers themselves were all very positive. I believe we did everything possible

to give our sport the best exposure it could obtain. We had some good fortune; we worked hard to get that too . However, our continued existence as an Olympic sport is not yet decided. Accordingly, we will not slow down our effort in convincing the IOC that we have a sport worthy of remaining in the Games.

I am more optimistic than ever that archery will stay in the Games. Without the support of the FITA Member Associations and competitors , and the full cooperation of Oswaldo Garcia and COOB'92, we could not have had this new Olympic Round in Barcelona. Our archery competition was a success and we were all very proud to be archers in Barcelona. *

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REPRINTED FROM THE BOOK, "ARCHERY AT THE GAMES OF THE XXV OLYMPIAD BARCELONA 1992" Archery is one of the oldest arts still practiced. From its first development in ancient times until the 1500's, the bow was man's constant companion and has been the most widely used of all weapons during recorded history. Its historical importance is confirmed by the number of contemporary family names directly derived from archery: Archer, Arrowsmith , Bowman, Bowyer, Butts, Fletcher, Stringer, and Yeoman, to name some of the most common. After the bow's replacement by firearms as a weapon of war, archery became a favored sport, thus attesting to its continuous practice throughout history.

Archery ranks in importance as a cultural advance with the development of speech and the art of making fire, according to the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. The use of the bow first appears in folklore more than three thousand years ago although its invention probably predates this era. English literature honors the longbow for its famous victories in the battles of Crecy, Agincourt, and Poiters.

In fact, the bow was the principal weapon of national defense in England for centuries.

Ghengis Khan conquered much of the known world, employing the short, powerful bows of his Mongol hordes. For Native Americans, the bow was both the means of subsistence and existence during the days of English and later American colonization. Many of the British monarchs including Queen Victoria practiced archery.

Henry VIII gained considerable renown as a bowman. King George IV in 1787

as the then-Prince of Wales established the "prince's lengths" (targets at distance of 60, 80, and 100 yards) and the "prince's reckoning" (values for the various target rings of 9, 7, 5, 3, and 1 points).

Interest in archery in continental Europe in the late 1800's grew with the crossbow, rather than the longbow. International competitions in archery began with AngloFrench matches around 1900 with both target shooting and flight distance shooting.

Archery first appeared in the Olympic Games in 1900 and was contested again in 1904, 1908, and 1920. In those four Olympiads it was possible for an archer to compete in numerous events and win several medals. Hubert van Innis (BEL) is the most decorated archer in Olympic history, having won six gold medals and three silvers in 1900 and 1920. Archery was reintroduced to the Olympic program in 1972 with only an individual event for men and women, and John Williams and Doreen Wilber of the USA captured the gold medals. Team competition was added to the medal program in Seoul in 1988.

The international governing body for archery, FITA, was founded in 1931, and in that year the first world championships were held in Lvov, Poland. They have continued in alternate years to the present with the 1991 world championships returning to Poland, taking place this time in Krakow. The world field archery championships began in 1969 and also are contested biennially.

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THIS MONTH'S COVER: Olympic Gold Medalists, Youn-Jeong Cho of Korea and Sebastien Flute of France.

Olympic Editorial By Jim Easton ......................................................................... 3 Archery in History .................................................................................................. 4 It's a Whole New Game By Arlyne Rhode ........................................................... 8 One Barcelona Archery Olympic Shot Seen by Three Billion People

By Arlyne Rhode ..................................................... ............................................ 10 Olympic Archery ................................................................................................... 14 Judging at the Olympics By Don Lovo ...... ......................................................... 18 The Story Behind the Barcelona Flaming Arrow .......................................... 25 More Comments on the Olympics ...................................................................... 44 Congratulations to the Olympians ..................................................................... 46 Spanish Arrows Light the Olympic Torch and Also Win the Gold!

By Freddie Troncoso ......................................................................................... 48 jFlechas Espaiiolas Encienden el Pebetero Olimpico y Ganan La Medalla De Oro Por Freddie Troncoso ................................. 50 Les Fleches Espagnoles Allument La Torche Olympique, Puis Gagnent La Medaille D'Or Par Freddie Troncoso ............................ 50 The Importance of Aiming By Freddie Troncoso ............................ ................ 52 El Apuntar Su Importancia Por Freddie Troncoso ......................................... 53 L'Importance De Viser Par Freddie Troncoso ................................................. 55 Biographies of the Men and Women Olympians ............................................ 58 New Olympic Round Hits the Mark in Barcelona ......................................... 64 Martin Archery is Proud to have been part of the 1996 Summer Olympics ............................................................................ 64 Three World Records Broken ............................................................................ 65 Advertisers Directory ........................................................................................... 66

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IT'S A WHOLE NEW GAME

By ARLYNE RHODE

The Barcelona Archery Olympics was a phenomenal show. Banners and flags flying, drums beating, spectators shouting and added to that were four dialects reporting the shot-by-shot archery action .

Yes, it's a whole new archery game.

On our flight back to the United States I asked past world champion Ann Hoyt what her impressions were of these XXV Games. She said , "The venue was great and so much technology went into the visibility of the scoring.

George Tekmitchov's voice was beautiful as the English commentator."

"When I was competing the only spectators I recall were the Bitzenbergers.

Also no one was allowed to make any noise. It's an entirely different situation.

Apparently the European competitors like to be backed by their countrymen which is evident by the drum beating ."

"We used to be part of the world team, as spectators, and give them support.

We ate together, did everything together.

It was more fun . We were also able to meet other athletes through our competitors.

Now it seems that the team members stay their distance from the spectators.

In days gone by, tour trips were organized which we really enjoyed . It showed how proud we were of the team and gave us a chance to give them support."

We have four years to prepare for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Past NAA President Harold Kremer had these comments: "As an observer, sent by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games to make notes on Barcelona, I can tell you we have our work cut out for us in

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Atlanta in 1996. The Barcelona Committee did a fine job in preparing for the event and despite a few problems, the tournament went really well."

"The New Olympic Round was a success and was enjoyed by both the spectators and the press. The spectators were great and showed a tremendous amount of vocal enthusiasm for their team. This is good for archery."

"We are looking forward to the Games in Atlanta in 1996 and we assure both the competitors and spectators we will do everything possible to make 1996 the best Games ever."

With the New Olympic Round (NOR) any top archer could win a medal. Sebastien Flute (FRA) had a 1301 for fourteenth place in the qualifying round and came through with the best score at the right time to win the gold .

Jargon Otgon (MGL) who had a 1270 in thirty-second place in the qualifying round led Youn-Jeong Cho (KOR) at one time in the head-to-head shoot-off. Cho then progressed through the whole elimination round and won the gold.

Congratulations to all of the 1992 Olympic contenders .

U.S. Archery Team member Richard "Butch" Johnson put his thoughts on the line when he stated, "I think that the NOR was very good from a spectator's point of view. It was quick paced and exciting. From a shooter's point of view I would like to see some changes to make sure that the best shooter wins . There are a couple of ways that it could be changed and still kept exciting for spectators and television. I believe we are going in the right direction to make archery more interesting to watch. One thing that I noticed was that the stands were the fullest during the team event, so maybe more should be focused on the team events. Even though the outcome of the tournament wasn't what I would have liked, it was A LOT OF FUN!" Jack and Dianne O'Donnell, parents of USA's Jennifer O'Donnell were pleased to be there . Dianne said , "I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the archery events in Barcelona for the Olympics. As one who prior to this competition did not find archery particularly exciting to watch, I found the new arrow for arrow shooting exciting and "on the edge of your seat" thrilling . I looked forward to each day's shooting with great enthusiasm . I would hope that for 1996, efforts could be made to televise some of these competitions because they deserve all the exposure they can get. If water polo and equestrian events are worthy of television coverage so is archery."

"One thing I noticed is that the U.S .

Team did not have coaches on the field with them as did other countries' teams.

If this was allowed for the U.S. Team, it would offer our Olympians the emotional and moral support that could give them that edge and put them over the top ."

International Judge from the U.S., Skip Phillips, one of the hard working judges for these Games commented: "The NOR proved itself in the heat and humidity of Barcelona. It was exciting to the spectators and IOC Dignitaries and the comments from those archers whom I was able to take to were very favorable as to the future of this round ."

"All my best wishes go out to the US Team as they train and plan for Atlanta in 1996."

We also had some couples from the archery industry who came to watch the Games and cheer for the U.S. Team , Fred and Betty Pape, Pape's Archery , and Jim and Chris Kinsey, Kinsey Archery.

This report came from Chris Kinsey, "Barcelona! WOW! Being there was like going back in time . The culture was so different from ours, and some of the architecture that we saw could take your breath away!"

"We experienced the shopping at their mall-EI Corte Engles. It turned out to be a test of endurance!"

"We were very grateful to be there and have the experience of a foreign Olympics. Spain did a terrific job putting it all together."

"Jim and I admired all the archers. To be able to shoot 70 meters in the wind for the semi and final rounds is a feat in itself!"

"We think the new format makes the archery part of the Olympics more intense and exciting. We feel the spectators will stay interested in the competition, as opposed to the longer format in previous Olympics. It held our interest!"

"Jay Barrs did a fantastic job, and can be proud of his performance. That is what makes America - America . All our athletes are winners, medal or not. They did their best."

"We would like to see more coverage of the archery on television . We do not feel they give enough of this event."

"We are looking forward to Atlanta in 1996. Just maybe the U.S. archers will clean house!"

It will be an exciting four years before Atlanta . I am looking forward to hearing from potential Olympians around the world.

Please keep us informed. Thanks for everyone's help in publishing this special Olympic Issue. *

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CAPTIONS CLOCKWISE: 1. GOLD MEDALIST AND RECORD BREAKER YOUN-JEONG CHO FROM KOREA 2. GOLD MEDALIST SEBASTIEN FLUTE OF FRANCE SHOWS HIS FLAWLESS SHOOTING FORM 3. CHO HAS A TIME OF THANKFULNESS AFTER WINNING 4. FLUTE'S COUNTRYMEN CELEBRATE HIS TRIUMPHANT WIN

A flaming arrow lit the Olympic Torch setting the Barcelona Olympic Games off with cosummate success. Paralympian archer, Antonio Rebello, made one fantastic shot with a 42" arrow over the cauldron , a distance of 181 feet from and 70 feet above the archer's position, to ignite the torch .

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Many great scores followed on July 31 - August 4 at the Camp de Tir amb Arc in the Vall d'Hebron competition complex in the north part of the city.

Ann Hoyt and I arrived six hours late in Barcelona due to heavy traffic in the flight corridor. Just a twenty minute taxi ride took us to our home for the next

eight days, the Hotel Antibes . Our other roommate , Nancy Myrick, had already arrived and was wondering what had made us late. Early July 31st we took the six block walk to the Metro Line, made a couple changes and arrived at the Val d'Hebron exit just above the archery venue.

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Our first impression of the beautiful archery field was that it looked small even though it was 100 meters wide and 90 meters long with thirty lanes. This was possible because the ladies would be shooting in the morning and the men in the afternoon.

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Bleachers ran the whole width of the field with more than adequate computer screens and seating space for the press.

Seating capacity available was four thousand . It was a sold out crowd the last three days of competition .

Computer screens were also located on the field in front of the archers rest area. Excellent computer facilities were available from IBM to show the standings on a huge score board every day of the competition. Additional score pads at the base of the target were used on the final days of competition . Seiko timing devices were used throughout the matches without a beat of an error. One human error did take place but the excellent judges stepping in, corrected the error and everything went on as it this was an everyday happening.

i No Hablamos Espaiiol !

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OLYMPIC RECORDS Because the format of the Olympic archery tournament will change for 1992, previous records do not provide a true comparison. However, the archers will complete a single FIT A round to begin the competition. Existing Olympic records for this round (1 ,440 possible points): Men: 1317 Darrell Pace (USA) Los Angeles 1984 1988 Women: 1352 Soo-Nyung Kim (KOR) Seoul New Olympic records will be set in Barcelona for the fivematch (60-arrow) FITA Olympic Round and for an individual round of 12 arrows. Best scores for men to date include: INDIVIDUAL ROUND 5-match/ 60 arrow Olympic Round: Single end of 12 arrows:

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CHAIRMAN FITA JUDGE COMMITTEE AND TECHNICAL DELEGATE-BARCELONA GAMES There is no question but what the New Olympic Round with its head-tohead competition has placed an entirely new set of pressures on an archer. The alternating sequence in the finals, the sudden death shoot-off, the "closest to the center" final decision, etc. , etc.

As a tournament archer of the 1960's, I realize how simple our round was. A 1200 FITA was considered a really fine score and we did not have to worry about the current "Tigers of the Orient" from Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, etc., etc., etc.

Our Judges also have had to totally change their procedure. During the old double FITA round, once they had checked and confirmed that the field was "FITA legal" and checked the archers' equipment, their work was mostly calling a few arrows, changing and signing a few score cards and controlling a few photographers. The new Grand FITA Round brought more responsibility to the Judges because they now have to participate in the scoring, confirming that the values called by the single competitors (one at each target) were correct and recorded as such.

Now the Olympic Round requires that a multitude of new responsibilities be taken on by the Judges. They are now spotters, callers, scorers , and to some degree, showmen (when they introduce the match competitors and perform the coin flip). They still however have to be responsible for the control of spectators, control of the shooting and scoring, control of the photographers and (unfortunately) control of eligibility and dress regulations.

The last two items cause the greatest problems and the most frustration for the Judges, who often have to neglect their very important field responsibility to check and measure the "size of a logo on a shirt", or "the width of a shoulder strap on a short sleeved garment" or whether the name on the hat is "a trade

mark or advertising." I have asked for years that FITA give control of these non-competition functions to some other group , assigned FITA eligibility staff, Organizing Committee, Whomever! No such luck, it is left on the Judges' plate, and as long as it is, we will do our job and enforce FITA's rules and Constitution without exception!

Congress for years has made decisions regarding dress regulations, often, I feel, without considering the best interests of the competitors . We have a strict rule forbidding the wearing of shorts in FIT A. Few if any other sport make this restriction and I think our competitors were under a handicap in long pants in the 35째C (1 00째F) heat of Barcelona. However, the vote of each Member Association in Congress does constitute the absolute final say concerning our rules, and our Judges are duty bound to enforce these rules until such a time that experience shows that they do not best serve FITA and there are Motions made and the ensuing vote changes them .

The Olympic Round, though conceived more than two years ago, has progressed through slow and methodical changes the last of which took place within hours of the opening arrows in Barcelona. These changes were necessary as test tournament and constant study showed us better procedures. The Judges at the Games were named many months ago and had studied and, where possible, attended the test tournaments but none of them had officiated at a full-scale Olympic Round.

To make sure that there were no foulups, for several days before the qualifying rounds were scheduled, the Judges , Director of Shooting, Field crews, Technical Delegates and our President ran actual simulations of the elimination and qualifying rounds on the tournament field in Barcelona several times involving sixteen hour days.

The results? After five days of competition and thousands of arrows spotted, called and scored by our Judges, not a single error occurred other than a couple of electronic timing errors during the final round that were caused by human "button pushing" in the Director of Shooting's control stand . This is not a criticism of the Organizing Committee's control people, they did a fantastic job of controlling the entirely new and very complex timing requirements, also affected by last minute changes . Indeed, the entire control team on the field improvised minor "on the spot" changes to the procedures that made for the best run, most exciting Olympic archery tournament I have ever attended (and I have been named an official for every one since the first in 1972).

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During the Games, your Editor, Arlyne Rhode, asked me to write this article on the "often unappreciated Judges" (her words) and she is right on track. One hundred twenty-five FITA Judges in countries all around the world and many hundred more National Judges donate an untold number of days and accumulative years of service to the sport to ensure that wherever a FITA-recognized archery competition is shot there is a "level playing field" and rules are equal for all. At the Olympic Games most of the Judges expenses were paid. At most other Tournaments, including World Championships, they are responsible for all of their own travel costs. Why do they do it - what is their reward? It certainly isn't for pay, glory or medals. I am sure that there are many personal reasons, but I am also sure that the main one is the satisfaction of knowing that their efforts have made fair competition possible. Do they sometimes make mistakes? Sure, they are human, but they and the corps learn from these mistakes and make our control better.

Do I sound prejudiced? Well, maybe a little- but what I really feel is tremendous pride for our dedicated Judges Corps.

They deserve it.

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In addition to the above staff there were hundreds of volunteers. A big thanks and much praise go to everyone who made this a memorable event. Of course we couldn't have an Olympic Tournament without the archers. Each and every one of them has prepared as much as four years for this event. A total of one hundred thirty-six archers, seventy five men and sixty-one women came to compete in the following rounds.

The Barcelona Olympic schedule:

Camp de Tir amb Arc in Vall d'Hebron Q=Qualifying E=Eiimination SF=Semifinals QF=Quarterfinals F=Finals TE=Team Eliminations TQF=Team Quarterfinals TSF=Team Semifinals TF=Team Finals

Friday, 31 July 0900 Q Q

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12 arrows each 12 arrows each 12 arrows each 12 arrows each 12 arrows each

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Tuesday, 4 August 0900 Women TE ?Om 27 arrows per team TQF ?Om 27 arrows per team 27 arrows per team TSF ?Om 27 arrows per team TF ?Om 1300 Men 27 arrows per team TE ?Om TQF ?Om 27 arrows per team TSF ?Om 27 arrows per team 27 arrows per team TF ?Om During the first two days of competition a FITA round was shot.

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From the FITA Rule Book: The FITA Outdoor Target Round, consisting of 36 arrows from each of the following distances in this order: • 70, 60, 50, 30 meters for Women • 90, 70, 50, 30 meters for Men • the Olympic Qualification Round.

A FITA Outdoor Target Round, in which two or three archers shoot simultaneously on each target, six (6) arrows in four (4) minutes at the longer distances and three (3) arrows in two and a half minutes at the shorter distances.

• the Elimination Round, in which the top thirty-two (32) women and top thirty-two (32) men are seeded according to their position in the Qualification Round.

They shoot a series of matches in groups of four (4) each match consisting of two (2) ends of six (6) arrows shot in four (4) minutes at 70 meters on 122 em target faces.

•the Finals Round, in which the top eight (8) women and top eight (8) men remaining from the Elimination Rounds shoot a series of individual matches, each match consisting of four (4) ends of three (3) arrows. Archers alternate shooting with forty (40) seconds per arrow at 70 meters on 122 em target faces, culminating in the Gold Medal Final.

•the Teams Elimination Round, in which the top sixteen (16) teams of three (3) archers (16 women's teams and 16 men's teams) seeded according to their positions as determined by their total score in the Qualification Round , shoot simultaneously a series of matches, each match consisting of three (3) ends of nine (9) arrows shot in three minutes at 70 meters on 122 em target faces.

•the Teams Finals Round, in which the top four (4) teams of women and top four (4) teams of men shoot a series of

matches, each match consisting of three (3) ends of nine (9) arrows shot in three minutes at 70 meters on 122 em target faces, culminating in the Teams Gold Medal Final.

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Each member of FITA was invited to enter three competitors in both the men's and women's competition. However, each competitor must have met the qualifying standard at least twice between January 1, 1990 and March 25, 1992. The qualifying standard is as follows: Men- 1200 points (out of 1440) in a FITA Round (144 arrows) Women -1150 points (out of 1440) in a FITA Round (144 arrows) It was shaping up to be record breaking atmosphere, the best archers in the world surrounded by temperatures in the nineties, humidity that hit 80% the first day, and only slight breezes except the day of the men's team round when winds rose over thirty miles per hour.

The United States was represented by 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist Jay Barrs, most distinguished world competitor Rick McKinney and twenty year competitor Richard Johnson for the men.

1988 Olympic Team Medalist Denise Parker led the women with Jennifer O'Donnell and Sherry Block as her team members.

Dick Tone had been selected as the coach and Judy Rabska the Manager.

Brief biographies of all competitors are listed later in this issue.

DAY ONE, FRIDAY, JULY 31 The ladies started the morning round at 9 a.m., shooting at 70 meters. YounJeong Cho set a new world record of 338 to surpass by 2 points the 1990 record previously held by teammate EunKyung Lee. Eun-Kyung held down second place with 331 and Soo-Nyung Kim was in third by 1 point.

Rounding out the top ten were : Denise Parker USA 328 K. Kvrivichivili EUN 321 Natalia Valeeva EUN 320 Fang-Mei Lai TPE 320 Alison Williamson GBR 318 Ludmilla Arjannikova EUN 318 Xiangjun Ma CHN 316 The ladies had moved to 60 meters and again a new Olympic record was set

by Youn-Jeong Cho with 345. Natalia Valeeva (EUN) and Soo-Nyung Kim were tied in second with 341 . Following closely were the following: Eun-Kyung Lee Hong Wang Jong Hwa Kim

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Severine Bonal FRA 334 Joanna Nowicka POL 334 Ana Sousa POR 334 Denise Parker USA 331 K. Kvrivichvili EUN 331 Alison Williamson GBR 331 N. Nasaridze TUR 331 Xiaozhu Wang CHN 331 Yi-Yin Lin TPE 331 The men took the field at 1 p.m. and at the end of 90 meters we had a new Olympic record for the men of 318 shot

by Vadim Chikarev (EUN). His teammate Vladimir Echeev, holder of the world record of 330, held second place with 314. One point out was third place holder Jari Lipponen (FIN).

The top ten scores for the men were: Vadim Chikarev EUN 318 Vladimir Echeev EUN 314 Jari Lipponen FIN 313 Jae-Hun Chung KOR 311 Sebastien Flute FRA 311 Frank Marzach GER 308 Simon FairweatherAUS 308 Hiroshi YamamotoJPN 307 H. Setijawan INA 307 Simon Terry GBR 305

THE STORY BEHIND THE BARCELONA FLAMING ARROW VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA - July 1992- As the world watched the opening ceremonies of the XXV Olympiad, a flaming Easton arrow ignited the famed Olympic cauldron . To the spectators' delight, the feat was performed to perfection by Spanish Paralympian archer Antonio Rebello and received tremendous praise from all who witnessed the event.

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With the competition of 70 meters distance for the men we had another Olympic record of 338 shot by veteran Jae-Hun Chung (KOR). He was followed down 1 point by Limba Ram (IND). Another point down was Vladimir Echeev in third .

Standing to tenth were the following: Antonio Vazquez ESP 335 Seung-Hoon Han KOR 334 Henrik Toft DEN 333 G. Nielsen DEN 333 Shengjun Fu CHN 332 EUN 330 Vadim Chikarev H. Setjawan INA 329 This ended the first day of competition.

A real nice touch to the already elegant setting was the announcing of the competition and informative commentary about the competitors by George Tekmitchov in English while three other commentators reported in Catalone, Castillian and French.

When I spoke to George later he had the following comments: **********************

GEORGE TEKMITCHOV This round was both extremely exciting and, if your friends were on the line, extremely excruciating to watch. Having shot a few of these rounds myself really gave me an appreciation of what the archers on the line were going through and with an Olympic medal riding on a single arrow, there was plenty of nervewracking excitement.

The extensive, live coverage we received on British and other European TV, the active, loud participation of the Korea,

French, USA, Dutch, and of course Spanish contingents in the packed stands, and the presence of Juan Antonio Samaranch, Princess Anne, and the King of Spain (on two occasions) for the competition really underscores the spectator appeal of this new round .

Jim Easton and the FITA council have clearly hit on a winning formula for just the kind of attention that may save our sport in the Olympic Games.

As tough as it was for me to see Jay, Denise, and other friends lose their medal hopes this time around, it was exciting to see Sebastien Flute keep his cool and win the Gold - and to see Cho Youn-Jeong's grace under pressure. That drama is just what the new round was created for.

As to conditions on the field .. .

Temperatures ranged from 75 to 93 degrees with 70-85% humidity.

Winds were typically still for the morning (women's) rounds and 3-5 mph for the afternoon (men's) rounds. The men were hit with a strong (30-35 mph) wind and rain on finals day.

After the weather cleared (for the quarter and final) there were still some tricky gusts.

It should be noted that the Canadian team medical staff used a wet-bulb hygrometer to determine that the combination of heat and humidity made physical activity "inadvisable"- which must have been a bother to the marathoners! ********************

Press releases were in English, French and Spanish giving scores to the media showing the Korean ladies team standing firmly in first place with 2024 followed by the Unified team second at 1956 and China in third scoring 1920.

The men's teams showed the Unified States team (EUN) leading Korea by 6 points with 1918, Finland held third place with 1846.

DAY TWO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 Youn-Jeong Cho got hotter than the weather. She began the morning with a new world record at 50 meters distance of 338. Adding a score of 354 at 30 meters gave Youn-Jeong a new FITA round record of 1375 points, 5 points over the old record held by her teammate Eun-Kyung Lee which was established in 1990.

Soo-Nyung finished her day out by shooting a new Olympic record at 30 meters and equalled the world record at 357 held by Joanne Edens (GBR). The hot shooting Korean ladies set a new world record in the FITA team round with a score of 4,094 points breaking the old record by 69 points. In all this amazing shooting there were 18 scores over 1300.

1. Cho, Youn-Jeong KOR 1375 2. Kim, Soo-Nyung KOR 1364 3. Lee, Eun-Kyung KOR 1355 4. Valeeva, Natalia EUN 1346 5. Parker, Denise USA 1333 EUN 1326 6. Kvrivichvili, K. 7. Williamson, Alison GBR 1323 8. Lai, Fang-Mei TPE 1323 9. Bonal, Severine FRA 1321 10. Nowicka, Joanna POL 1315 11. Ma, Xiangjun CHN 1313 TUR 1307 12. Nasaridze, N. 13. Arjannikova, L. EUN 1306 14. Kim, Jong Hwa PRK 1305 ITA 1304 15. Testa, Maria 16. Kovacs, Judit HUN 1304 CHN 1302 17. Wang, Hong 18. Lin, Yi-Yin TPE 1302 **********************

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Ki Sik Lee: "I wasn't expecting the record obtained by Cho and I don't consider it very important. A true champion can achieve this through practice and concentration. What really counts is to feel and behave like a champion."

"We have modified our training methods to adjust to the new FITA rules. Now we aim to achieve total concentration each and every time that we shoot an arrow.

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"To compete in the Olympic Games we choose the Korean team by following very strict rules: in my country, the practice of this sport is very popular, since it starts at the primary school level. We hold twelve national contests every year to select the sixteen best archers: eight men and eight women. These archers live in a special training center in Seoul and throughout the three winter months they follow a very strict and intense training.

These eight men and eight women compete among themselves at the end of this period so that the three best from each group can be selected. The competition is of a very high standard."

"We cannot point out a 'star' in the Korean team; Cho has broken the old record , but Kim has experience behind her and Lee strength. All three of them are great archers." ***** ** **************** The men again came on the field for the afternoon round . Simon Fairweather (AUS) was the star for the 50 meter distance when he shot 336 points to set a new Olympic record. His teammate Grant Greenham was second at this distance with 332, followed by Bertil Grov (NOR) at 329.

Vadim Chikarev swept 30 meters with 356 points for his second Olympic record in two days. Chung, Grov and Nielson all turned in fine scores of 335 for second place standing at 30 meters.

The following fourteen men shot scores over 1300: 1. Chung, Jae-Hun KOR 1329 2. Chikarev, Vadim EUN 1323 3. Han, Seung-Hoon 1318 KOR

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4. Echeev, Vladimir EUN 1316 5. Fairweather, Simon AUS 1315 FIN 1312 6. Lipponen, Jari NOR 1311 7. Grov, Bertil 8. Setijawan, H. INA 1309 9. Yamamoto, Hirose JPN 1308 10. Nielsen, G. DEN 1306 11 . Ram, Limba IND 1306 12. Barrs, Jay USA 1304 13. Anchondo, Jose MEX 1302 14. Flute, Sebastien FRA 1301 The Korean men's team of SeungHoon Han, Jae-Hun Chung and Hee-Sik Lim shot a new Olympic team round of 3938 points. The Unified States team placed second with 3924 points and Australia held third with 3865 points.

Don Juan Carlos, King of Spain visited the archery venue today. At the completion of the men's team competition he spoke with the Spanish archers. His daughter, Princess Elena and COE President Carlos Ferrer Salat accompanied him. He said, "I think that archery is a wonderful sport but I have never had the opportunity to practice it. I'm interested in all kinds of these called 'minority' sports and if I have a chance I. will come to see the Spanish team compete, I would love to, but today I have to go back to Madrid and still don't know whether will be able to do it."

"I think the venue is excellent and according to the archers, the conditions of the field are very good. Wind seems to be an important factor when it comes to the actual shooting."

With respect to the support that such a minority sport in Spain can obtain, the King commented rather humorously that this was a "Top Ten" type of question

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that he could not answer, and observed, in an exchange with FITA President Jim Easton and RFETA President J.C. Mallorqui that the most serious problem related to the practice of archery was the scarcity of venues.

The top thirty-two in each division advanced to single elimination match play.

WOMEN 1. Cho, Youn-Jeong KOR 1375 2. Kim , Soo-Nyung KOR 1364 3. Lee, Eun-Kyung KOR 1355 4. Valeeva, Natalia EUN 1346 5. Parker, Denise USA 1333 6. Kvrivichvili , K. EUN 1326 GBR 1323 7. Williamson , Alison TPE 8. Lai, Fang-Mei 1323 9. Banal, Severine FRA 1321 10. Nowicka, Joanna POL 1315 11. Ma, Xiangjun CHN 1313 12. Nasaridze, Natalia TUR 1307 13. Arjannikova, Ludmila EUN 1306 14. Kim , Jong Hwa PRK 1305 15. Testa , Maria ITA 1304 16. Kovacs, Judit HUN 1304 17. Wang , Hong CHN 1302 18. Lin, Yi-Yin TPE 1302 19. Wang , Xiaozhu CHN 1295 20. O'Donnell, Jennifer USA 1295 21 . Sjowall, Jenny SWE 1293 22. Sousa, Ana POR 1288 23. Hibon, Nathalie FRA 1285 24. Li, Myong Gum PRK 1281 25. Verstegen, Christel NED 1275 26. Djerf, Liselotte SWE 1275 27. Van Rozendaal NED 1271 TUR 28. Oktem , Zehra 1271 29. Block, Sherry USA 1271 30. Pandiangan, P. INA 1270

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23. Hallard, Steven 24. Zabrodski, Stanislov 25. Fu, Shengjun 26. Marzoch, Frank 27. Rivolta, Alessandro 28. Verstegen , MErwin 29. Krieger, Vitor 30. Johnson, Richard 31. Felipe, Bruno 32. Parenti , Andrea The rest of the field scores were: 33. Medved, Samo 34. Vogels, Hendrikus 35. Ivanov, Ivan 36. Gilewski, Jacek 37. Rojas, Ricardo 38. Rosicke, Marc 39. Di Suo, llario 40. McKinney, Rick 41. Priestman, Richard 42. Menendez, Aafonso 43. Lippoldt, Andreas 44. Kwiecien, Konrad 45. Holgado, Juan 46. Ersu, Kerem 47. Oku, Naoto 48. Hunter-Russell 49. Dutra E Mello 50. Erbay, Vedat 51 . Hao, Wei 52. Kivilo, Raul

GBR 1285 EUN 1285 CHN 1284 GER 1283 ITA 1280 NED 1279 BRA 1277 USA 1276 FRA 1273 ITA 1268 of men's FITA SLO NED BUL POL MEX GER ITA USA GBR ESP GER POL ESP TUR JPN AUS BRA TUR CHN EST

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FITA PRESIDENT JIM EASTON AND IOC PRESIDENT JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH

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FITA PRESIDENT JIM EASTON AWARD IN G YOUN-JEONG FLOWERS AFTER HER RECORD BREAKING FITA RECORD OF 1375

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DENISE PARKER (USA) AND NATALI A VALEEVA (EUN) SHOOT OFF

CHRISTEL VERSTEGEN (NED) CUT BY LEI, FANG-MEl (TPE)

NANCY MYRICK (L) AND ANN HOYT (R) TALK TO MEXICO'S OLYMPIAN GONZALA BRETON

ALISON WILLIAMSON (GBR) AND JOANNA NOWICKA (POL)

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DAY THREE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 Now that the Qualification Round had been shot, it was time to begin the New Olympic Round (NOR). the field of competitors was cut to thirty-two men and thirty-two ladies. Number one archer was paired off against thirty-two, two against thirty-one, etc. These one-onone matches were held with each archer shooting twelve arrows at 70 meters. All matches through the Gold Medal Match are held at 70 meters for both men and women. A time limit of four minutes was allowed during these three arrow ends.

Then the sixteen winners moved on to compete number one against sixteen, etc. The eight winners advanced to the Final Rounds The diagrams on pages 30 and 32 show the standings. Before each match was held the judge and two competitors were introduced to the audience. A flip of a coin took place to determine the first shooter. The high scoring archer in the previous pass was privileged to call the coin, heads or tails. Winner of the toss was able to elect whether to shoot first or second. The archers had ten seconds to step to the line and then each archer had forty seconds to shoot each arrow.

During the shooting the arrow scores were recorded on a huge electronic score board to the left side of the field, at the base of the target on an electronic score pad and announced in four languages: English, French, Catalan, and Castillian.

In addition to the above tabulation of scores, target faces on matts were placed behind the archer's rest area and locators were placed on the face to show where the arrow landed . This made it very nice for the spectators because field glasses were not necessary. Actually the distance from many spectators seats to the targets OLYMPIC ISSUE 1992

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set at 70 meters could be over 100 meters making it very difficult to see where the arrow landed even with field glasses.

Of the eight women's contests only one had a tie, between Alison Williamson (GBR) and Joanna Nowicka (POL). The judges announced the shoot-off of a single arrow. Williamson won but only after a judge was called to measure which arrow was closest to the center. Again the judges did an excellent job.

Williamson's next challenger was 1988 Gold Medalist Soo-Nyung , Kim . The challenge of 112 points was too great for Williamson to conquer. We can see a slight decrease in most scores going into the quarter finals but still only 1 or 2 points separated the stronger archers.

Even champion-to-be Youn-Jeong Cho had a drop in her score to 105 from the normal 113 and 111 for the eighth and semifinal and her winning score of 112.

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For the Finals Youn-Jeoug Cho and her teammate Soo-Nyung Kim took the line. Two beautiful precision shooting machines represented the "Tigers from the Orient" and gave us the most beautiful shooting exhibition .

Today Cho was the victor scoring 112 to Kim's 105!

The temperature was rising to a high of 95°F/35°C and also were tempers.

The field was full of still photographers and TV crews. USA Today and Newsweek were just a couple of those I talked to .

Our positions on the field did not make for the best photos. One photographer got angry and left the venue while another vowed never to again photograph archery.

I hope you enjoy the photos I was able to get. One very positive thing I can say , we all had a front row seats for this exciting one-on-one competition.

Immediately following the competition the presentation of the medals took place.

Youn-Jeong Cho couldn't hold back her tears when she heard her national anthem being played .

Gold Medalist Youn-Jeoung Cho , KOR Silver Medalist Soo-Nyung Kim , KOR Bronze Medalist Natalia Valeeva, EUN

**** ***** ******** ** * Ms. Cho had this statement for the press: Youn-Jeong Cho (Korea), Gold Medalist: "I didn't know whether I would win right up until the last second. It has been God's will. I have suffered a great deal to reach the stage of Barcelona, not even being sure of reaching the final event. I have obtained this medal fighting against myself to become a champion."

"I am the best in my team but until today I have always been second. This made me very sad but I have strived hard to excel; I have worked and cried a lot to obtain this gold medal. " "I read my horoscope this morning and I learned that I would have a bad day, but I have won this medal. I would

like to see my father more than anybody now, but he died last year, so I will only be able to tell my mother about this."

Soo-Nyung Kim (Korea), silver medalist: "I cry with sadness for the Korean team since we have all worked hard and well to be all here, but I also cry with happiness for my silver medal. It's also possible to cry with happiness. " Natalia Valeeva (Unified Team) bronze medalist: "It was a great surprise for me winning this medal. It has been the best of this year."

"I believe that the very high standard of the Koreans is due to the fact that they are better organized, train intensively and automatically follow their routine. They always repeat the same motions."

* * * ** ***** *********** DAY FOUR, MONDAY, AUGUST 3 The clouds had rolled in over Barcelona for the men's individual competition. With this came showers and winds up to thirty miles per hour.

Again on the first pass after the first twelve arrows were shot half the field of competitors was eliminated .

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The men's eliminations progressed to the quarter finals before a tie took place.

1988 Gold Medalist Jay Barrs (USA) and Simon Terry (GBR) were tied at 108. To show that the wind was having an effect on the arrows, there were only two scores of 109 at this finals. Here were our best men archers pitted against the elements, shortness of the round (12 arrows) and the best archers in the world. Barrs and Terry took the line to shoot their one arrow. Both shot . . . Terry a 10 and Barrs an 8. Terry had secured his place in the field of four semi-finalists.

NAME Jae-Hun Simon Terry Sebastien Flute Berti I Grov

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Does this indicate the round is more adopted to the younger archers? Despite the wind Flute turned in a fine score of 110 in the semi-finals defeating seventeenyear-old Grov. Terry had a rough start and surrendered to Chung, sending Chung and Flute to the finals.

Both Chung and Flute started the finals with 53 points after six arrows. Desire built and when the twelfth arrow was shot, Flute had his first Olympic Gold Medal. Personable Chung was honored with the silver medal.

The lead for the bronze match went back and forth . Terry started slow. Then Grov shot two bad arrows in the middle of his game. The "war of wind and nerves" brought Terry through for his first Olympic medal, a bronze. Princess Anne of England who was present at the final series, witnessed with apparent happiness the performance of Simon Terry.

Awards immediately followed the competition. We were honored this time to have IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch at the awards ceremonies.

His comments were as follows: "People are getting very involved in these Games.

Right here in the archery competition we have now a high attendance. The more dynamic approach presently in use now draws the crowds in."

"Everybody has realized that the most important thing is the Olympic spirit."

In reaction to the comment that their Majesties seem to bring good luck to the Spanish competitors since they have always won in their presence, Mr. Samaranch smiled and expressed his wish that "We win again soon."

Little did he know it would be the next day.

At the press conference Sebastien Flute and Simon Terry made these statements.

Gold Medalist Flute: "I hope that my victory will help to promote such a minority sport.

A great step forward has already taken place with the establishment of new rules, which bring excitement to the shooting of each individual arrow. There are no hundred percent professionals in this sport since it is not possible to make a living exclusively from archery. " "I do not believe that the final has been any more exhausting than the semifinals or the quarterfinals. Each one is a world in its own. I don't follow a specific psychological training , whatever mental strength I might have I have developed it through competition ."

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ROARING CROWD CHEERED THE SPANISH TEAM TO THE GOLD

PAST FITA PRESIDENT GNEECHI RUSCONE ATTENDED THE GAMES

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MEN'S INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION

SIMON TERRY (GBR) DEFEATS JAY BARRS (USA)

KIRSTIE AND JOE JOHNSTON OF EASTON SPORTS EUROPE

JAE-HUN CHUNG (KOR) IN FINALS WITH SEBASTIEN FLUTE (FRA)

ANTONIO VAZQUEZ (ESP) CHALLENGES GRANT GREENHAM (AUS)

TAKESHI CHINO OF M. YASUI ENJOYED THE OLYMPICS

PAUL VERMEIREN (BEL) DEFEATS HENRIK TOFT (DEN)

CLAUDE ROUSSEAU (CAN) MEETS LIMBA RAM (IND)

FREDDIE AND EVA TRONCOSO TALKING TO REGIS DERRE OF L.A.S. ARCHERY SPORTS

ANDREA PARENTI (ITA) FIRES AGAINST JAE-HUN CHUNG (KOR)

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SIMON TERRY (GBR)

HIROSHI YAMAMOTO (JPN)

VLADIMIR ECHEEV (EUN)

TOMI POIKOLAINEN (FIN)

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION

STEVEN HALLARD (GBR) DEFEATS OLE GAMMELGAARD NEILSEN (DEN)

BRUNO FELIPE CFRA) FACES VLADIMIR CHIKAREV (EUN)

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ALESSANDRO RIVOLTA (ITA) CUT BY JARI LIPPONEN (FIN)

RICHARD "BUTCH " JOHNSON (USA) CHALLENGES SEUNG-HOON HAN (KOR)

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Bronze medalist Simon Terry had these comments: "I am very happy with this medal. Over the last three years I have been gradually improving my ranking, I have great expectations."

"I didn't think I would be able to get this far. I underestimated my potential in the qualifying round."

"At present it is not possible to make a living out of archery in my country. I do not see any incompatibility between my work as a roof restorer and the practice of this sport at the competition level."

This quote as seen through the eyes of a champion, world record holder, Antonio Vazquez, of Spain: "I didn't have much luck. The wind conditions didn't help. In tomorrow's team competition things will be different."

"This new way of competing established

by FITA is not very fair, since everything depends on twelve arrows. Today we have witnessed many surprises; excellent archers, such as, Echeev, Fairweather, and Yamamoto have been eliminated in the first round and others not very well known, such as, Setijawan and Terry remain in the competition."

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good performance, specially if we keep in mind that we have only been working for two years, that archery is a minority sport in Spain and that it has practically no financial support. Nevertheless, today archery is getting a new life in Spain."

DAY FIVE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 Men's and Women's Team Competition Sixteen three person teams, men and women, took the field for the most exciting event of the tournament. The match-ups were according to the qualification round (FITA).

After the first elimination round there were eight teams remaining.

WOMEN KOR vs. SWE FRA vs. USA CHN vs. PRK TUR vs.EUN

MEN KOR vs. FRA FIN vs. USA AUS vs. GBR ESP vs. EUN

The women took the field for the first round .

This could be anyone's win and it was evident with the tie between Korea and Sweden. Each archer shot one arrow to break the tie and the total gave Korea the chance to move on. Now we were at the final four.

Korea vs France China vs. Unified States This time the Korean women made sure of their place by defeating the French women by 25 points.

China and the Unified States didn't have things go as quickly. They tied and had to shoot one arrow each within a 120 second time limit.

China came out the victor.

Now two teams of "Tigers from the Orient" were on the field. Korea against China for the gold and silver medals.

Beautiful "classic form" brought the Korean women their second Olympic Gold Medal Team title.

At the press conference these comments came from Korea. "We have proved once again that we are the best archers in the world . Although we cannot show all our sport skills with the new FITA rules, we like them."

Cho commented , "Of late I have visited many graveyards and I have cried a lot.

The suffering that I have gone through has given me the inner strength to compete.

After my success in Barcelona, and in spite of my age, I would really like to go on competing."

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SPAIN WINS THE GOLD

GREAT BRITAIN W INS THE BRONZE

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Lee said , "I am not entirely happy with my performance in these Games. I would like to go on trying to improve."

Kim from Korea said, "After fighting so hard for my country I would like a long rest now, until the day I feel the urge to return."

China had these happy comments: "Our performance has been a great surprise as we have never got this far. It has not only been a question of luck, since we have also trained very hard for this. In the future we will do even better."

Insight from the Unified Team was this, "We were hoping to do better but luck wasn't on our side. We are uncertain about what will happen in the future because we are not going to compete as a team in the next Games; we will do it as republics.

Now the challenge is to build up a strong team in each republic so that at least one of them can climb the podium."

In the afternoon the men put on a dazzling shooting show.

On the board for the quarter finals were: Korea vs France Finland vs USA Australia vs Great Britain Spain vs Unified Team Here we had eight of the top ten teams after the qualifying round . The competition couldn't be more sharp. The number one ranked Koreans were paired off against number nine ranked France. Led by the new Gold Medalist Sebastien Flute, the Spanish team defeated Korea by a slim 1 point to move on to the semi finals.

Fifth place Finnish team was pitted against the favored USA team in fourth place. 1988 Gold Medalist Jay Barrs , OLYMPIC ISSUE 1992

elimination round record holder Rick McKinney and twenty year competitor Richard Johnson presented a strong team.

Finland was led by 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist Tomi Poikolainen with Jari Lipponen and lsmo Falck. Twelve arrows shot for each team and we had Finland defeating the USA by 239/237.

Number three team, Australia, was also favored to win over Great Britain who came into the round in sixth place .

Another upset was made advancing Great Britain to the semi finals. Great Britain 242 - Australia 236 .

The Spain who had placed tenth , now was meeting Echeev, Zabrodski and Chikrev, all seasoned shooters against a two year old team of Holgado, Vazquez and Mendez. The hometown crowd had cheered along this far and they weren't letting up.

To add to the excitement King Juan Carlos came to see the final shots. Would you believe, Spain took a decisive win by 11 points over the "Unified Giants", 238 to 229.

Now we were down to the final four: France, Finland, Great Britain and Spain.

Three teams will win medals and the fourth will say they played a great game.

Twelve arrows later the Finnish team took a decisive victory from the French team , 237/230. Spain just slipped by Great Britain by 2 points for a chance to go for the Gold . This paired Finland and Spain for the gold . The audience became louder and louder, letting the hometown team know they were behind them . Between the roar of the crowd and banging of the drums came the constant arrow by arrow call from the shooting director's box.

Falck (FIN) started with a 5 while

Holgado started with a 10. Spain led from the first to the last arrow but ended with a slim 2 point lead . Good enough for the Gold!

Finland was honored with the silver medal.

The battle for the bronze was not easy for Great Britain. Great Britain trailed after the first three arrows, the tied on the fourth and stayed ahead until a 6 was shot in the last set of nine arrows dropping them behind France.

Terry Simon shot "clean-up" and shot the first of his last three arrows in the 6 ring . Now Great Britain was 1 point down.

He completed the end shooting a beautiful pair of 1O's to Flute's 7 and a 10 and winning by 2 points. A well earned bronze!

Thank you to everyone who took time to give us information and comments adding to this report.

Congratulations to all competitors for a fine shooting show! We'll look for you in Atlanta in 1996.

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MORE COMMENTS ON THE OLYMPICS RICK M cKINNEY US OLYMPIC TEAM MEMBER An archer's perspective for world wide archery: I believe that the New Olympic Round is one of the most exciting rounds that has ever been used. It finally brings archery into the 21st Century. If we want to stay in the Games, this round will be the reason for it.

An American Archer's perspective: Our United States team did the best they could under the circumstances. The support morally from the United States is one of the best, but physically it is one of the worst. The American archers were handicapped due to the lack of N.O.R. competition in the United States. All tournaments in the US are still single or

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EASTO N'S SPEC IAL PROJEC T MANAGER DON RABSKA (L) DISCUSSING TECHNICAL M ATTERS WITH AUSTRALIA'S SIM O N FAIRWEATH ER

Many people may not know that archery has been in jeopardy of being taken out of the Olympic program. Gate attendance, media coverage and spectator appeal are the driving forces behind the modern Olympic Games.

In response to the IOC's growing concern over the spectator appeal of archery as an Olympic sport, Jim Easton has spent the last two years seeking advice from top ranking leaders in the television industry on how to increase spectator interest in our sport. With advice from Olympic Programming Director Peter Diamond, ESPN's David Raith and Manalo Romero, Director of Radio and Television for the Barcelona Olympics, Jim designed the new Olympic Round.

The old FITA format was difficult for the non archer to understand and keeping track of the leaders from arrow to arrow was nearly impossible. As archers and competitors some of you may not as yet fully embrace the new format. It is by far the most challenging and pressure packed round imaginable . However, from a spectators perspective you have to love this new round . It is fast paced , easy to THE US ARCHER

understand and provides the excitement never before seen in an archery competition .

Even IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch was pleased with the new direction archery has taken as he watched the men's individual Bronze and Gold Medal Matches. President Samaranch was very complimentary and truly seemed to enjoy the competition.

The biggest disappointment I had was upon returning home to learn that NBC had aired only a dismal few minutes of archery, while European Television aired approximately two hours of live archery coverage . Not only do the major American Broadcasters continue to show only a few sports, they missed out on a really exciting event. The television coverage in Europe was superbly done with split screen viewing and instantaneous scoring.

The European coverage was so well produced that it received great praise from several European Networks.

On the competition side, the American team had some unfortunate luck and may have done much better had things been a little different. We can be very proud of their efforts and the manner in which they represented our sport and our country.

They are all outstanding sportsmen and sportswomen.

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All in all it was a terrific tournament and I hope everyone will have the opportunity to see the new round in action .

Unfortunately, I cannot comment on any other Olympic events as I saw only archery, then again, it was the best event of the Games. I say this with no bias whatsoever! * Good Shooting!

SEE COMMENTS BY USA TEAM MANAGER JUDY RABSKA ON PAGE 47

EVA TRONCOSO Three Time NFAA Pro Woman's Champion Three Time Las Vegas Indoor Champion As we sat and watched the archery portion of the XXV Olympic Games in Barcelona, I sat spellbound and inspired by the new Shoot-off format which is definitely very exciting for all spectators.

As exciting as the competition was , I was somewhat saddened to see that our U.S . Team had very little support from CONTI NUED ON PAG E 47

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attending U.S. citizens who only amounted to twenty or thirty cheering supporters in contrast to the large groups cheering for Korea, Spain and other countries.

If America would like to see the USA regain and win the Gold Medal, we as Americans are simply going to have to get out and cheer them on to victory in 1996 .

JUDY RABSKA USA TEAM MANAGER As the archery team manager for the XXVth Olympiad, this past summer will be an enduring and positive memory for me . Much of the credit for this can be OLYMPIC ISSUE 1992

found in the organization of our venue.

The staff at Vall d'Hebron was responsive, professional and genuinely concerned for the athletes. Archery was one of the rare sports that had a consistent venue management during the four prior years of planning . Very few sports had such a dedicated staff and it truly showed during the intense days of competition. Osvaldo Garcia, his staff including his two sons and dozens of volunteers worked day and night to make this event a success.

One has to appreciate the uniqueness of this Olympics for archery with an entire set of new rules being introduced so close to the competition dates.

There was only one aspect of Spanish society that was difficult for me to get

accustomed to . It took some time to get used to seeing soldiers carrying machine guns and wearing flack jackets in the Olympic Village. It's one thing seeing the gendarmerie at the airport toting rapid fire weapons, it's something else to see them as your doorman!

As far as the archers are concerned , they were wonderful. There were eight in our contingent and we all shared a four bedroom, two bath apartment . . . close quarters even for a sardine. No one gave any nevermind to sharing the facilities.

All the athletes had great attitudes! Being team manager for Rick, Jay, Butch, Denise, Jen and Sherry was great and I am ever so thankful for the opportunity to have worked with them.

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SPANISH ARROWS LIGHT THE OLYMPIC TORCH AND ALSO WIN THE GOLD!

By FREDDIE TRONCOSO

FREDDIE TRONCOSO Coach and Archery Technician Freddie Troncoso , veteran archer and true life long supporter of archery has been involved in our sport for more than fifty years. Inspired by the great Howard Hill, Freddie shot his first tournament at age ten and his first deer at twelve.

World renowned for his technical writings and coaching, he has given back much to archery since 1970. In the field of coaching, he has coached and helped countless top archers who have become State, National , World and Olympic Champions.

Since attending the recent Olympic Games held in Barcelona , Freddie has been motivated , encouraged and inspired to write a series of instructional articles intended to provide remedial suggestions and corrective procedures required to help our archers better their shooting and improve their chances of bringing home the Gold in 1996.

We, the Staff ofTHE U.S. ARCHER, encourage you to read and see what Freddie has to say. Who knows, perhaps his suggestions may even help you to earn a spot on the next upcoming U.S. Team for 1996! *

A very special and gifted archer by the name on Antonio Rebello ignited the Olympic Torch by means of using a bow and arrow. His impressive arrow flew straight and true making this opening ceremony a very special event and one to be remembered and treasured by all in attendance. As beautiful and perfect as the repeatedly practiced shot transpired, little did anyone realize that his shot would also serve to spark the hearts and spirits of the Spanish Archery Team who performed superbly, thereby , winning the coveted Gold Medal for the team competition of the archery event at the XXV 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.

The Spanish Archery Team , comprised of Antonio Vasquez, Juan Carlos Holgado, and Alfonso Melendez shot admirably and flawlessly defeating first the strong and favored EUN Team during the quarter finals! Their next victory occurred when they downed Great Britain during the

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semi-finals by posting a close 236 to 234 victory to qualify for the finals .

Meanwhile, the other half of the quarter finals saw France overtake the Korean Team and Finland surpass the USA Team.

In the semi-finals, Finland defeated France and thus, established which team would compete against the Spanish Team for the coveted Gold Medal.

Great Britain defeated France in the Bronze Medal Round thus leaving the Gold and Silver Medals for the remaining teams to win . The deciding finals were about to take place and the stage was set for an exciting climax. As it turned out Spain defeated Finland taking and keeping the Gold for Spain! A surprise for all - but also a welcomed surprise for the Spanish trio .

While many may regard the unexpected win by the Spanish Team as accidental or purely coincidental , only a few living beings are aware of the countless hours and dedicated effort expended by the Spanish Team to win and make their dreams come true .

A quote from one of the Spanish editorials relates what it takes to win by a statement from the great Spanish Team coach, Viktor Sideruk, who states, "When I started working with our team in June of 1990, their shooting level was at a very near low. They would consistently place thirtieth in international competition and would not ascend from that mark.

Their physical development was good , but they lacked the technical knowledge and mental control to win . Over the past two years, I have virtually put them through the 'wringer' in an effort to extract the quality that I know lies within them as well as the abilities they possess."

Antonio Vasquez , determined and perfect FORM SHOOTER who is recognized as the current 30 meter world record holder, did not let his teammates down, not even when he was left standing alone on the shooting line awaiting to shoot his last arrow. As it occurred, Team Finland shot their arrows and stepped off the shooting line leaving Vasquez alone ... but apparently in total command of the task at hand . Draw, Aim, Release, and FOLLOW THROUGH .. . results? A 9 and the necessary points to win over the team of Finland by a 2 point margin!

What FORM, what mental control and what an unbelievable win and show for Spain!

THE "TRUE " GOLD MEDAL TEAM FROM SPAIN (R-L) A LFONSO M ENENDEZ. COAC H V ICTOR SIDERU K, AN TON IO VAZQUEZ A ND JUAN HO LGADO

Perhaps an examination of the rigid preparatory training program employed by the great Team Coach, Victor Sideruk, and the Spanish Team will serve to provide some insight on the amount of work and effort required to win such a memorable event and the coveted Gold Medal. Coach Sideruk and the Spanish Team worked hard following a thorough master plan which took a full two years to materialize and finalize.

The master plan also included the help of two of Spain's most prominent psychologists who worked hand in hand with the team members in an effort to provide and ingrain the necessary element of mental control which is so necessary to win and perform under the duress and emotional strain of pressing competition .

As a part of their training program, each member of the Spanish Team was required to shoot at least two hundred arrows per day and were simultaneously trained physically and mentally under the watchful eyes of skilled trainers . Coach Sideruk relates that his main objective over the first year of training was to improve relationships between all the team members. He continued , "We were three distinct and separate personalities .. all completely different, and it is only natural for friction to exist over such a long period of training and time. The mutual respect we have acquired for one another is one of the greatest achievements we have accomplished . Now we are a true team , and not only three archers wearing the same type tee shirts!"

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As is true of all participating teams, the Spanish went to the Olympics with the hopes of winning any one of the medals, but it was Antonio Vasquez who visualized the Gold Medal when his team triumphed over the formidable team of the EUN . Vasquez asserted to his team members, "Now we are going to wrap it up!" The other two team members were slightly less optimistic and held their breath until Vasquez' winning arrow hit the nine ring! Yes, Spain won the Gold but not without devoting much hard work to the task. The respect and admiration from archers worldwide goes rightfully to the three team members of the Spanish Archery Team and their respected coach Sideruk.

Congratulations and a grand "Ole" for a job well planned and completed! *

jFLECHAS ESP ANOLAS ENCIENDEN EL PEBETERO OLIMPICO Y GANAN LA MEDALLA DE ORO! POR FREDDIE TRONCOSO Un arquero dotado muy especial fue seleccionado para encender el pebetero olimpico utilizando solamente arco y flecha.

Este arquero fue Antonio Rebello, quien Ianzo y dio vuelo a Ia flecha que permanece visualmente en Ia memoria de todos los espectadores de los Juegos Olimpicos.

Tan perfecto y hermosa fue su tiro que nadie se imaginaba que este mismo tiro servirfa para animar los corazones y almas de los miembros del Equipo Espanol de Tiro de Arco , el cual logr6 una tremenda victoria al ganarse Ia anhelada Medalla de Oro para Ia competici6n de equipos durante los Juegos Olimpicos XXV de 1992 en Barcelona, Espana.

El Equipo Espanol, compuesto de Antonio Vasquez, Juan Carlos Holgado, y Alfonso Melendez, tir6 admirablemente y sin errores, venciendo primeramente al formidable y favorite Equipo de EUN durante los primeros finales. Su proxima 50

victoria ocurri6 cuando triunfaron sabre Gran Bretana durante los semifinales en los que lograron una victoria de 236 a 234, lo cual les permiti6 calificar para el gran final.

Mientras tanto, durante Ia otra parte de las eliminaciones, el Equipo Frances derrot6 al Equipo Coreano y Finlandia venci6 a los Estados Unidos. En los semifinales Finlandia super6 a Francia y asf se decidi6 que equipo tirarfa contra los espanoles para disputarse Ia Medalla de Oro. Luego Gran Bretana venci6 a Francia durante los terceros finales , ganandose Ia Medalla de Bronce. Faltaba el gran final para decidir quien ganarfa las Medallas de Oro y de Plata y prometfa ser un final emocionante e interesante. i Lo que ocurri6 fue una gran sorpresa y culmin6 cuando Espana venci6 a Finlandia ganando y capturando Ia Medalla de Oro para Ia patria espanola! iOue sorpresa y que sorpresa para el Equipo Espanol tambien!

Aunque muchos tal vez consideren este triunfo del Equipo Espanol como coincidencia o casualidad, muy pecos reconocen las horas incontables y los tremendos esfuerzos dedicados por el Equipo Espanol para ganar y realizar su sueno.

Las palabras del gran entrenador Viktor Sideruk, en un articulo de fonda en una revista espanola, relatan lo que se requiere para ganar: "Cuando empece con ellos en junio de 1990, su nivel era bastante bajo. Ocupaban siempre el puesto 30 en las competiciones internacionales. Su preparaci6n ffsica era buena pero les faltaba Ia tecnica y el control mental.

Durante los dos ultimos anos les he disciplinado al maximo para extraer todas las cualidades y habilidades que !levan dentro."

Antonio Vasquez, tirador de FORMA perfecta y reconocido como poseedor del record mundial a los 30 metros, no desilusion6 a su equipo cuando se encontr6 a solas en Ia linea esperando para disparar su ultima flecha. Como ocurri6 , el Equipo de Finlandia Ianzo todas sus flechas y abandon61a linea de tiro, dejando a Antonio Vasquez solo . . . pero en plena control del asunto. Apuntar, lanzar, y mantener Ia posicion fija .. . (,Los resultados? i Un nueve, y los puntas necesarios para salir ganadores sabre el Equipo de Finlandia! iOue FORMA, que control mental, y que exito para Espana!

Si examinamos el rfgido programa de entrenamiento empleado por el gran entrenador Viktor Sideruk y el equipo espanol, tal vez nos sirva de ejemplo tocante al trabajo y esfuerzo que se requiere para ganar un evento tan memorable y

Ia anhelada Medalla de Oro. Trabajaron religiosamente Sideruk y el Equipo Espanol, implementando un plan maestro que tard6 dos anos para materializar y finalizar.

El plan maestro utilize Ia ayuda de dos de los psic61ogos espanoles mas eminentes; estes trabajaron con el equipo para proveerles el control mental necesario para ganar y cumplir bajo Ia emoci6n y esfuerzo de Ia competici6n .

Como parte del programa de entrenamiento, cada miembro del equipo fue obligado a lanzar un mfnimo de 200 flechas diarias y fueron entrenados ffsica y mentalmente bajo Ia atenci6n de los entrenadores. Sideruk cuenta que su intenci6n principal durante el primer ano fue mejorar las relaciones entre los miembros del equipo. Prosigue: "Eran tres personalidades completamente distintas y separadas, y es 16gico que surgieran dif icultades durante una convivencia tan prolongada. El respeto mutua que han cultivado el uno por el otro es uno de los grandes exitos que hemos logrado. Ahara son un equipo y no tres arqueros con las mismas camisetas".

Como todos los equ ipos, Espana particip6 en los Juegos Olimpicos con Ia esperanza de ganar cualquier medalla, pero fue Antonio Vasquez quien visualize Ia Medalla de Oro cuando derrotaron al formidable Equipo de EUN. Vasquez afirm6, "Ahara vamos a concluir esto". i Los otros dos miembros estaban menos optimistas y esperaban ansiosos hasta que Ia ultima flecha de Vasquez se clav6 en Ia zona nueve de Ia diana! Espana sf que captur6 Ia Medalla de Oro pero no sin esfuerzo ni sin sudor. El respeto y Ia admiraci6n de los arqueros por todo el mundo les pertenence a los tres miembros del Equipo Espanol y al entrenado r Sideruk.

Felicitaciones y un gran "ole" por un trabajo bien heche y planeado. *

LES FLECHES ESPAGNOLES ALLUMENT LA TORCHE OL YMPIQUE, PUIS GAGNE NT LA MEDAILLE D'OR! PAR FREDDIE TRONCOSO Un tireur special, de tres grand talent, nom me Antonio Rebello, alluma Ia torche olympique au moyen d'une fleche et d'un arc. Sa fleche vola tout droit a son but et fit de cette ceremonie d'ouveture un evenement unique, qui restera un souvenir special dans Ia memoire de toute !'assistance. Pour beau et parfait que tut ce tir qui avait ete repete un nombre immesurable de fois a l'avance, l'on ne se rendait pas encore compte que son THE US ARCHER

tir servirait d'etincelle pour le coeur et I' esprit de l'equipe de tir espagnole. Cette deniere fut d'une performance superbe , gagnant ainsi Ia medaille d'or tant voulue pour Ia competition de tir d'equipe de Ia Quinzieme Olympiade de 1992 a Barcelone.

L'equipe de tir espagnole, qui comprenait Antonio Vasquez, Juan Carlos Holgado et Alfonso Melendez, a tire admirablement et sans faute, battant premierement I'Equipe Unifiee, pourtant favorisee et plus forte, pendant le quart de final. Lors de sa prochaine victoire , elle battit de justesse Ia Grande-Bretagne durant Ia demi-finale par une victoire de 236 a 234, qualifiant ainsi pour Ia finale.

Pendant ce temps, dans !'autre quart de final, on vit l'equipe fran9aise surpasser celle de Ia Coree, et l'equipe finlandaise celle des Etats-Unis. Dans Ia demi-finale, Ia Finlande battit Ia France et, ainsi, etablit quelle equipe serait en competition avec l'espagnole pour Ia medaille d'or.

La Grande-Bretagne battit Ia France dans les trois-quarts de final pour obtenir Ia medaille de bronze, laissant les medailles d'or et d'argent aux deux equipes restantes.

La finale fatidique allait avoir lieu, et tout etait en place pour une culmination passionnante. Et ce fut I'Espagne qui battit Ia Fin Iande, obtenant ainsi Ia medaille d'or pour I'Espagne! Une surprise pour tout le monde - mais une surprise bienvenue pour le trio espagnol.

D'aucuns ne pourraient voir dans le triomphe inattendu de l'equipe espagnole qu'un accident ou une pure coincidence , mais peu de personnes se rendent compte des heures sans nombre et de !'effort concentre consacres par l'equipe espagnole afin de pouvoir gagner et realiser ses reves.

Une citation du grand entraineur de l'equipe espagnole, Viktor Sideruk, recueillie par une editoriale de son pays, nous demontre ce qui est necessaire pour gagner: "Lorsque j'ai commence a travailler

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avec notre equipe au mois de juin, 1990, son nirveau de tir etait au plus bas. Elle se pla9ait constamment en trentieme place lors des competitions internationales et ne pouvait remonter de ce niveau-la. Son developpement physique etait bon, mais elle manquait Ia connaissance technique et le contr61e mental necessaires pour gagner. Au cours des deux dernieres annees, je l'ai vraiment fait suer, afin d'en extraire Ia qualite et les possibilites que je savais residentes en elle."

Antonio Vasquez, tireur de forme resolu et parfait, et reconnu comme champion du monde actuel du tir a trente metres, n'a pas de9u ses coequipiers, meme quand il restait seul sur Ia ligne de tir, attendant de decocher sa toute derniere fleche. II se passa que les Finlandais tirerent leurs fleches et se retirerent de Ia ligne de tir, laissant Vasquez tout seul ... mais, il faut le croire , avec une maitrise totale de Ia tache a accomplir. II tira Ia corde , visa , decocha et suivit Ia sequence des mouvements . . . et le resultant? Un neuf-ce qui permit de le remporter sur l'equipe de Finlande par une marge de deux points! Quelle forme, quel contr61e mental et surtout quelle victorie incroyable et quelle demonstration pour I'Espagne!

Une examination du programme rigoureux d'entrainement preparatoire employe par l'entraineur Viktor Sideruk et l'equipe espagnole servira peut-etre a fournir une notion de Ia quantite de travail et d'effort requis pour remporter et un evenement aussi memorable et Ia medaille d'or. L'entraineur Sideruk et l'equipe espagnole travaillerent avec assiduite en suivant un grand plan qui ne prit pas moins de deux ans pour se materialiser sous sa forme finale .

Le grand plan comprenait aussi !'aide de deux des psychologues les plus proeminents de I'Espagne, qui travaillerent dur, Ia main dans Ia main , avec les membres de l'equipe, afin de fournir et renforcer !'element necessaire de contr61e

mental qu'il faut pour gagner et etre performant sous Ia pression et le stress emotionnel de Ia competition intensive .

Comme partie du programme d'entrainement, chaque membre de l'equipe espagnole devait obligatoirement tirer au moins deux cents fleches par jour, et ils etaient entraines simultanement tout autant sur le plan mental que physique sous les yeux attentifs d'entraineurs hautement qualifies. L'entraineur Sideruk raconte que son objectif principal au cours de Ia premiere annee d'entrainement etait d'ameliorer les rapports personnels entre tous les membres de l'equipe. II elabore : "II s'agissait au debut de trois personnalites bien distinctes et particulieres . . . lis etaient tous entierement differents les uns des autres, et il est tout nature! que des frictions existent au cours d'un entrainement aussi long. Le respect mutuel qu'ils ont acquis les uns pour les autres est l'un de nos plus grands succes. lis torment une vraie equipe a present. II ne s'agit plus juste de trois tireurs qui ne font que porter les memes tee-shirts!"

Com me toutes les equipes participantes, les Espagnols allerent aux Jeux Olympiques dans l'espoir de rem porter n'importe laquelle des medailles, mais ce fut Antonio Vasquez qui eut Ia vision de Ia medaille d'or lors du trimphe sur Ia formidable Equipe Unifee.

Vasquez affirma avec confiance a ses coequipiers: "Maintenant, nous l'avons dans Ia poche!" Les deux autres membres de l'equipe avaient un peu moins d'optimisme, et ils retinrent leur haleine jusqu'a ce que Ia fleche gagnante de Vasquez touchat Ia neuvieme marque!

Qui, I'Espagne remporta en effet Ia medaille d'or, mais non sans avoir consacre un travail immense a Ia tache . Les tireurs du monde respectent et admirent avec raison les trois coequipiers de l'equipe de tir espagnole et leur entraineur, Viktor Sideruk. Toutes nos felicitations et un grand "Ole!" pour ce travail bien mene et bien accompli!

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THE IMPORTANCE OF AIMING

By FREDDIE TRONCOSO

PREFACE The 1992 Olympic Games are over but still very much alive in the memory of all who attended this magnificent example of precision shooting by the Korean women and other FORM Shooters as well!

The most important single element that makes Korean archers and Sebastien Flute of France excel in archery, can be summarized in one solitary word ... and that word is, FORM, FORM, FORM! As attendees watched the impressive Korean women shoot, one could not help but notice that the most obvious difference between their shooting and that of the remainder of the competition is that the Koreans shoot with absolute Classic Form placing concentrated emphasis on their aim and machine-like follow through which obviously produces results!

Be it thoroughly understood that the purpose of this article is an attempt to make our archers aware that we as Americans, the former trend setters, are beginning to trail behind other countries due to our total disregard for these two most vital and necessary elements required for winning archery.

While it is true that sight corrections can be made to compensate for diversified discrepancies in our shooting form, it is also known that these hidden faults have a way of surfacing when we are subjected to the emotional stress of tournament pressure and close competition.

It is, therefore absolutely imperative for all archers to WAKE UP and start

taking notice that our short comings are due to our own oversight and lack of attention to proper shooting form. Once again, it is mandatory that we start placing emphasis on the all important act of AIMING and FOLLOW THROUGH or fall behind and continue losing!

Should we elect to ignore this very important reality, be prepared to continue applauding from the grandstands . . . as we watch the FORM shooters win and walk away with the Gold!

The importance of aiming, as related to successful archery, along with holding and intense aiming, have apparently taken a back seat to hurried shooting due to the victorious and impressive fast-shooting methods employed successfully by the Korean women archers at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles.

Yes, fast shooting has almost become the norm - but not the rule, as not everyone is thoroughly convinced that fast shooting is best.

Before we get into this highly controversial subject, I ask you to bear in mind that we as free individuals have the ultimate right to choose including and selecting the method of aiming we may deem to be proper and correct. My personal advice is to select what works best for you. I repeat, "If it works for you, use it, if it doesn't, try something else!"

In an effort to better understand the many differences of opinion and theories pertaining to the aiming process, it is necessary to become aware of the fact that NOT ALL ARCHERS ARE CREATED EQUAL and that the majority of these differences occur primarily when we do not use the same language with regards to describing how to do certain things.

It is therefore imperative that we separate and divide the abilities and levels of shooters into three separate categories . Hence,

we have the "SUPERSTARS", the "AVERAGE MAJORITY" and the selfproclaimed "FUN SHOOTERS".

The "SUPERSTARS" are obviously shooters who excel and always manage to win, place, or show. These gifted archers possess the ability, desire, and knowledge to emerge victorious while bucking the odds regardless of strength, age or physical stature .

Another relevant mention is that the U.S. Olympic Training Center has conducted research over the past pertaining to archery performance and the importance of aiming noting that their better members and shooters of the 1982 National Team had sighting oscillations of less than 2mm prior to release of the bowstring. This leads us to believe that the more stable the archer and his respective aiming, the better the results and accompanying scores will be.

Since the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, many archers have been quick to adapt and claim the credit for "fast-shooting" as their own creation and discovery. What they may not be taking into account is that the abilities of "SUPERSTARS", are normally way above the performance levels of the average archer and that their description of motion may not be a fair or equitable comparison due to the fact that these "SUPERSTARS" are holding better than they are capable of admitting or conveying testimony thereof!

In reality, aiming and motion are inevitable and a very real part of shooting.

However, it is best to try to minimize this realm of motion through proper conditioning and practice in an effort to reduce the defined movement to a controllable and minimum level. Ideally, the shot should occur when the movement of your sight is at its lowest point, which requires considerable timing of rhythm through

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proper practice. The shot must be executed during this period of minimal sight movement to ensure successful scoring with a minimum of effort.

Aiming is important! In fact, the process of aiming goes hand in hand with mental concentration which decides who will win or lose. The person that holds and aims best will still win! If you doubt the validity of this statement, try aiming deliberately!

It may surprise you to find that deliberate aiming and holding may help your shooting by contributing to higher scores with the help of this practice.

You have probably already heard that the distance from archer to target is irrelevant and that no one should try to aim harder when shooting from extended ranges. If this is true, why do we have different size target faces and why do our arrows disperse more readily when shot from great distances?

From a scientific viewpoint, the shooter is and forms the apex of a downrange triangle. (see diagram) This phenomenon dictates and professes that the MARGIN OF ERROR INCREASES as the distance from the shooter becomes greater.

Accordingly, a one inch miss at five yards becomes a sixteen inch miss at eighty yards which is an average calculation of

error for those given distances.

Yes, you can bet your last dollar that there is a marked difference when shooting from greater distances! Shouldn't you, therefore, try holding better and following through consistently when shooting from the greater distances? You bet you should!

Long distance shooting has to be the ultimate test of an archer's ability.

To prove or disapprove these theories, simply place a 40cm face on a target butt, then proceed to shoot a FITA Round using the small face to evaluate what is being said as compared to how you are scoring.

To better ends and theories, I rest this presentation and sincerely hope that you try to concentrate on your aiming.

THANKS TO FREDDIE FOR TRANSLATING HIS ARTICLES INTO SPANISH AND FRENCH FOR OUR FOREIGN READERS! LET US HEAR YOUR OPINIONS!!!

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PREFAC/0 Los Juegos 0/impicos de 1992 han terminado, pero perduran en Ia memoria de todos los que asistieron a este magnifico ejemplo de tiro de precision por las arqueras coreanas y otros arqueros tambien.

El elemento singular mas importante que permite a las coreanas y a Sebastian Flute de Francia sobresalir en e/ de porte de arqueria se resume con una sola palabra ... y esa palabra viene a ser iFORMA, FORMA, FORMA! AI ver a las impresionantes coreanas tirar, no se pudo evitar e/ fijarse en que Ia diferencia mas evidente que existe entre su forma de tiro y Ia del resto de Ia competicion es que las coreanas tiran utilizando Forma C/asica y dedican un gran esfuerzo a/ elemento de apuntar y mantener Ia posicion fija, lo cual produce resultados.

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Aunque se reconoce que podemos corregir y hacer ajustes de nuestras miras para compensar los varios defectos que existen en nuestra forma de tiro, tambien se sabe que estos defectos aparecen cuando se confronta uno con Ia presi6n y demanda de competici6n y tiro con arco.

Es absolutamente preciso que todo arquero ponga atenci6n y que empiece a notar que estamos en declive a causa de nuestra inadvertencia y falta de atenci6n a Ia aplicaci6n correcta de forma y tiro.

Repitiendo, tenemos que empezar a poner enfasis en Ia acci6n de apuntar y mantener Ia posici6n fija despues de disparar, o seguiremos perdiendo.

Si decidimos no hacer caso a esta realidad de suma importancia, acostumbremonos a aplaudir desde las galarfas . .. mientras observamos a los tiradores de FORMA triunfar y 1/evarse las medal/as de oro. ********************** La importancia de apuntar, relativo al deporte de arquerfa, y el metoda de apuntar intenso han perdido su importancia debido al victorioso e impresionante metodo de tiro rapido empleado exitosamente por las coreanas durante los Juegos Olfmpicos de 1984 en Los Angeles, California.

Sf, el tiro rapido casi ha llegado a ser Ia norma - pero no Ia regia, siendo que no se ha convencido del todo Ia mayorfa de que el tiro rapido sea mejor.

Antes de empezar con este tema de alta contencion, le pido que tenga presente que somos individuos libres y que tenemos el derecho fundamental de elegir, inclusive Ia seleccion de metodo de apuntar que estimamos ser apropiado y correcto. Mi consejo personal es de elegir lo que resulta mejor en dados casos. Repito, "Si le

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sirve, utilfcelo; si no le sirve, pruebe otra cosa."

En un esfuerzo de mejorar y comprender las varias diferencias de opinion y teorfas que pertenecen al proceso de apuntar, es necesario reconocer que NO TODOS LOS ARQUEROS SON CREADOS IGUALES y que Ia mayorfa de estas diferencias ocurren cuando no utilizamos el mismo idioma con respecto a los metodos de aplicacion .

Es por lo tanto preciso separar y dividir las habilidades y niveles de tiradores en tres categorfas distintas. En consecuencia, tenemos los arqueros "SUPERSTARS", Ia "MAYOR[A COMUN", y los autoproclamados ARQUEROS DE AFICI6N" .

Los "SUPERSTARS" son evidentemente tiradores que siempre sobresalen y ganan o toman puestos triunfantes. Estos arqueros dotados poseen Ia habilidad, deseo, y conocimiento de salir victoriosos a pesar de Ia fuerza, Ia edad o Ia estatura ffsica.

Otro comentario pertinente es que el Centro Olfmpico de los Estados Unidos ha dirigido investigacion en tiempos pasados relative a Ia ejecucion de Ia arquerfa y Ia importancia de apuntar notando que los mejores miembros y tiradores del grupo nacional de 1982 ten fan menos de dos milfmetros (2mm) de oscilaciones precedente al disparo de Ia cuerda. Esto nos hace creer que cuanto mas estable sea el arquero con su sistema de apuntar, tanto mejores seran los resultados finales.

Desde los Juegos Olfmpicos de 1984 en Los Angeles, muchos arqueros han sido rapidos para adaptarse y reclamar el credito acerca de Ia aplicacion del "tiro rapido", tomando credito como su propia creacion y descubrimiento. Lo que no tienen en cuenta es que las habilidades de los "SUPERSTARS" son normalmente mas elevados que el nivel de ejecucion de los arqueros corrientes y que su descripcion acerca del elemento de movimiento noes justa o equitativa debido al hecho de que estos "SUPERSTARS"

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En realidad, el apuntar y el elemento de mocion son inevitables y abarcan una parte real del tiro con arco. No obstante, es mejor tratar de disminuir esta region de mocion por medio de acondicionamiento y practica en un esfuerzo de reducir el movimiento descrito a un nivel mfnimo y controlable. ldealmente, el tiro tiene que ocurrir cuando el movimiento de su visor llega al punto mfnimo, lo cual requiere sincronizacion de ritmo y practica apropiada. El tiro tiene que ocurrir durante este perfodo de movimiento mfnimo de visor, asegurando una buena marca con un mfnimo de esfuerzo. i El apuntar es importante! En realidad, el proceso de apuntar va de mano con Ia concentracion mental que decide quien ganara o saldra perdiendo. iLa persona que detiene y apunta mejor siempre ganara! iSi usted duda Ia validez de esta declaracion, pruebe el arte de apuntar deliberadamente! Puede sorprenderle que Ia accion deliberada de apuntar y detener Ia cuerda pueda ayudarle a tirar por medio de contribuir al incremento de puntos con Ia ayuda de esta practica.

Habra usted ofdo decir que Ia distancia del arquero al blanco es impertinente y que nadie deberfa tratar de apuntar con mas empefio cuando se tira de larga distancia . Si es cierto esto, (_por que tenemos blancos de varias medidas y por que se desparraman nuestras flechas cuando las disparamos de larga distancia?

Desde un punto de vista cientffico, el arquero forma el apice de un triangulo que se representa en el campo de arquerfa.

(Vease el diagrama). Este fenomeno dicta y profesa que el MARGEN DE ERROR AUMENTA a medida que aumenta Ia distancia del arquero. Asimismo, el errar por una pulgada (2.54 em) a 5 yardas (4,5 m) equivale a errar por 16 pulgadas (40,6 m) a 80 yardas (72,7 m), lo cual es un calculo promedio de error para esas distancias.

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iSf, no cabe duda que hay diferencias marcadas cuando se tira a larga distancia!

Por lo tanto, l,no deberfa usted tratar de mejorar el apuntar y mantener Ia posicion fija cuando tira a larga distancia? iCiaro que sf! El tiro a larga distancia tiene que ser Ia prueba ultima para probar Ia habilidad de un arquero.

Para probar o refutar estas teorfas, simplemente ponga un blanco de 40 em. en el soporte del blanco, luego proceda a tirar una Ronda FITA utilizando el blanco pequeno para evaluar lo que se ha dicho en comparaci6n con los resultados que va usted incrementando.

Para mejorar fines y teorfas, se term ina esta presentaci6n con Ia viva esperanza de que trate usted de concentrar en el apuntar y tirar con arco.

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PREFACE Translation by Eric W. Tschuy Les Jeux Olympiques de 1992 ont desormais termine, mais tous ceux qui ont assiste aux magnifiques demonstrations

de fir de precision de Ia part des Coreennes ainsi que des autres tireurs de forme en gardent encore une memoire vive.

On pourrait resumer en un seul mot /'element le plus important qui a contribue a /'excellence en fir a /'arc chez les Coreennes et chez le Fram;ais Sebastien Flute. Ce mot, c'est . . . Ia forme, Ia forme, Ia forme!

Lorsque les spectateurs suivaient le fir impressionnant des Coreennes, on ne pouvait se garder de remarquer que Ia difference Ia plus evidente entre leur fir et celui du restant des concurrents, c'etait que les Coreennes tirent avec une precision de forme absolument classique. Elles se concentrent sur leur visee et sur Ia sequence machinale des mouvements qui font suite, ce qui produit evidemment les resultats voulus!

Entendons-nous bien: le but de cet article, c'est de faire comprendre a nos tireurs que nous, en tant qu' Americains, qui avions ete autrefois les meneurs du jeu, tombons desormais en arriere des pays concurrents du fait que nous tournons entierement le dos a ces deux elements vitaux et necessaires a Ia victoire en fir a /'arc.

II est vrai que d'eventuelles corrections de visee pourraient compenser les

differences dans notre forme de fir, mais c'est aussi un fait connu que ces fautes cachees ont tendance a faire surface quand nous sommes soumis au stress emotionnel des tournois et de Ia competition intensive.

II est done d'une necessite absolue que tous nos tireurs se reveillent au fait que nos fautes viennent de notre propre manque d'attention a Ia bonne forme de fir. Encore une fois, il est imperatif que nous commencions a accentuer les actions cruciales de viser et de suivre Ia sequence des mouvements, de peur de continuer a perdre du terrain dans ce sport.

Si nous devions prendre le parti d'ignorer cette realite importante, nous devrions alors nous resigner a continuer d'applaudir a partir des banes des spectateurs ... et de voir les tireurs de forme gagner encore une fois et recueillir les medailles d 'or. *** ** ******** * *** **** * L'importance de viser, ayant rapport au tir a I' arc, aussi bien que !'action intense de viser et de retenir Ia fleche, ont apparemment perdu leur importance a cause des impressionantes et victorieuses methodes de tir rapide utilisees avec succes par les Coreennes aux Jeux Olympiques de 1984 a Los Angeles.

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Oui, le tir rapide est presque devenu Ia norme - mais pas Ia regie, car pas tout le monde n'est entierement convaincu que le tir rapide est meilleure.

Avant de commencer ce sujet de haute controverse, je vous demande de ne pas oublier que nous, comme individus libres, avons le droit final de choisir, y compris le choix de Ia methode de viser que nous jugeons appropriee et correcte.

Mon conseil personnel est de choisir ce qui marche pour vous. Je le repete, "Si cela reussit, servez-vous-en; si cela ne reussit pas, essayez autre chose!"

Dans un effort de mieux comprendre toutes les differences d'opinion et les theories relatives de viser, il faut se rendre compte du fait que PAS TOUS LES ARCHERS SONT CREES EGAUX et que Ia plupart de ces differences arrivent principalement quand nous n'utilisons pas le meme langage en ce que concerne Ia description de comment faire certaines choses.

II nous incombe done de separer et diviser les competences et niveaux des archers en trois categories separees. Done, nous avons les "SUPERSTARS," Ia "MAJORITE DE NIVEAU MOYENNE," et les "ARCHERS QUI SE DISENT PUREMENT AMATEURS ."

Les "SUPERSTARS" sont evidemment les archers qui surpassent et peuvent toujours gagner ou se classer. Ces archers doues possedent Ia competence, le desir et Ia connaissance pour sortir victorieux envers et contre tout malgre leur puissance, age ou stature physique.

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Encore une mention pertinente est que le Centre d'EntraTnement Olympique a autrefois entrepris de Ia recherche relative a !'execution et !'importance de viser, notant que les meilleurs membres et archers de I'Equipe Nationale de 1982 ont eu des oscillations de visee de moins de 2 mm. avant de Iacher Ia corde. Cela nous mene a croire que plus !'archer et sa visee respective sont stables, mieux sont les resultats et les points accompagnants.

Depuis les Jeux Olympiques de 1984 a Los Angeles, Californie, beaucoup d'archers se sont tres vite adaptes et ils ont reclame le credit pour le tir rapide comme s'il s'agissait de leur propre creation et decouverte. Ce qu'ils negligent de noter est que les competences des "SUPERSTARS" sont normalement tres superieures aux niveaux d'execution de !'archer ordinaire et que leur description de Ia motion n'est peut-etre pas une comparaison juste ou equitable a cause du fait que ces "SUPERSTARS" limitent leur mouvement plus qu'ils ne l'admettent ou en rendent temoignage!

En realite, Ia visee et Ia motion sont inevitables et une partie reelle du decochement. Pourtant, el vaut mieux essayer de reduire au minimum ce domaine de motion a force d'un entraTnementjuste et d'une pratique afin de reduire le mouvement detini a un niveau minimum qui peut etre contr61e. ldealement le decochement devrait se produire quand le mouvement de votre visee se trouve au point le plus bas, ce qui demande beaucoup de synchronisation de rythme a force de pratique.

Le decochement doit etre execute pendant cette periode de mouvement minimum de Ia visee pour reussir avec un minimum d'effort.

La visee est importante! En effet, !'operation de viser accompagne Ia concentration qui decide le gagnant ou le perdant. La personne qui retient et vise comme il faut gagnera toujours. Si vous doutez de Ia validite de cette affirmation, essayez deviser avec deliberation. <;a pourrait vous surprendre de savoir que retenir et viser peuvent aider votre action de tirer en contribuant a des points plus hauts avec !'aide de cette pratique.

Vous avez probablement entendu dire que Ia distance entre !'archer et le but n'est pas pertinente et que personne ne devrait essayer de viser avec plus de precision quand on tire sur de grandes distances. Si ceci est vrai, pourquoi est-ce qu'il y a des faces de cibles de taille differente et pourquoi estce que nos fleches se dispersent plus facilement quand elles sont tirees sur des distances plus grandes?

D'un point de vue scientifique, I' archer represente le sommet d'un triangle qui se trouve dans le champ de tir. (Voir le diagramme). Ce phenomene dicte et postule que Ia MARGE D'ERREUR AUGMENTE en fonction de Ia distance depuis !'archer. Done, un coup manque de 2,5 em. a 4,5 metres devient un coup manque de 40,6 em. a 72,7 metres, ce qui est un calcul moyen d'erreur pour ces distances-la.

Oui, vous pouvez bien vous assurer qu'il y a une grande difference guand-on tire a de plus grandes distances. Ne devriez-vous done pas essayer de retenir mieux et maintenir Ia position fixe quand vous tirez a une grande distance? Bien entendu! L'action de tirer a grande distance doit etre l'ultime epreuve d'un archer.

Pour prouver ou deprouver ces theories, placez simplement une cible de 40 em. sur l'appui de Ia cible principale, puis mettez-vous a tirer une Ronde FITA tout en utilisant Ia petite cible pour evaluer ce qu'on a dit, en comparaison avec Ia marque de points que vous realisez.

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ABOUT THE COMPETITORS: MEN The following profiles list competitors entered by 15 July 1992. Where available, finishes in the Olympic Games or World Championships are included, as are FITA "Top 100" ran kings from 1990 and 1991 and any world records which the individual set.

AUS AUSTRALIA ¢ Simon John Fairweather (born 9 October 1969) 16th 1988 Olympic Games 29th 1989 World Championships 1st 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 no rank 1263 points 1991 1st 1348 points ¢ Grant Brian Greenham (born 20 July 1954) 12th 1985 World Championships 24th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 58th FITA Top 100: 1279 points 1990 75th 1317 points 1991 18th ¢ Scott Hunter-Russell (born 1 June 1970) 36th 1991 World Championships BEL BELGIUM ¢ Paul Vermeiren (born 27 August 1963) 17th 1988 Olympic Games 60th 1989 World Championships 68th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1300 points 1990 32nd 1321 points 1991 13th SHU BHUTAN ¢ Jubang Juszang (born 7 May 1971) His best finish in a major international competition was 17th in the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing ¢ Karma Tenzin (born 1 December 1972) ¢ Perna Tehering (born 15 July 1951) 75th 1985 World Championships 71 st 1987 World Championships 76th 1988 Olympic Games BRA BRAZIL ¢ Renato Dutra Emilio (born 12 May 1955) 27th 1980 Olympic Games 89th 1981 World Championships 44th 1983 World Championships 44th 1984 Olympic Games 51st 1985 World Championships 59th 1987 World Championships 43rd 1988 Olympic Games He was also fourth in the individual competition at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.

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Vitor Augusto Krieger (born 30 April 1960) 106th 1991 World Championships BUL BULGARIA ¢ Ivan lotov Ivanov (born 10 June 1956) 37th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 85th FITA Top 100: 1990 95th 1271 points 1991 not ranked CAN CANADA ¢ Claude Rousseau (born 16 June 1953) 45th 1989 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 75th 1281 points ¢ Jeannot Robitaille (born 19 April 1953) 78th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 78th 1280 points ¢ Sylvain Cadieux (born 25 September 1974) 87th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 88th 1276 points Cadieux also finished seventh in the individual competition at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba CHN CHINA ¢ Shengjun Fu (born 28 December 1972) 17th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 78th 1278 points 1991 57th 1289 points Fu was also sixth at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing . ¢ Weil Hao (born 30 October 1968) ¢ Qiang Liang (born 1 April 1973) 47th 1987 World Championships CYP CYPRUS ¢ Simon Simonis (born 23 July 1966) DEN DENMARK ¢ Ole Gammelgaard Nielsen (born 20 November 1965) 67th 1981 World Championships 65th 1985 World Championships 57th 1987 World Championships 56th 1988 Olympic Games 89th 1989 World Championships 13th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 3rd 1338 points Won the Golden Arrow Grand Prix tournament in Turkey in May, defeating lves Baert (BEL) in the final, 109-107. ¢ Jan Rytter (born 5 September 1973) 76th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: ¢

1991 93rd 1272 points Rytter was 14th at the inaugural World Junior Championships held in 1991 and finished 32nd in the recent European Championships held in Malta in June 1992. ¢ Hendrix Toft (born 11 July 1968) 66th 1985 World Championships 23rd 1988 Olympic Games 23rd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 17th 1310 points 1991 55th 1290 points Toft was 12th at the 1992 European Championships held in Malta in June.

ESP SPAIN ¢ Juan Carlos Holgado (born 16 April 1968) 52nd 1988 Olympic Games 28th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 48th FITA Top 100: 1990 59th 1283 points 1991 67th 1284 points Holgado finished 1Oth in the 1992 European Championships held in June in Malta. ¢ Alfonso Menendez (born 31 May 1966) 1991 World Championships 64th FITA Top 100: 1991 48th 1293 points ¢ Antonio Vazquez (born 26 January 1961) 32nd 1988 Olympic Games 56th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 27th FITA Top 100: 1292 points 1990 42nd 1278 points 1991 83rd World Records: 30 meters: 358 1992 In addition to his recent world record, Vazquez also finished ninth in the 1992 European Championships held in Malta in June.

EUN COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES ¢ Vladimir Esheev (born 7 May 1958) 23rd 1977 World Championships 6th 1980 Olympic Games 1981 World Championships 4th 1st 1987 World Championships 3rd 1988 Olympic Games 16th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 5th FITA Top 100: 1352 points 1990 1st 1336 points 1991 4th World Records: 1990 1352 FITA Round 1980 90 meters 322 1990 90 meters 330 THE US ARCHER

Esheev showed good form at the 1992 European Championships in Malta in June, finishing fourth, just 8 points behind winner Sebastien Flute (FRA). ¢ Vadim Shikarev (born 15 May 1968) 5th 1989 World Championships 2nd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1321 points 1990 7th 1322 points 1991 1Oth ¢ Stanislav Zabrodsky (born 1 January 1962) 1st 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 15th FITA Top 100: 1990 5th 1326 points 1991 not ranked World Records: FITA Round 1342 1989 Zabrodsky won the silver medal at the 1992 European Championships in Malta in June. His final round of 305 was just 2 points behind the winner.

FIN FINLAND ¢ lsmo Kalevi Falck (born 22 August 1966) 27th 1988 Olympic Games 30th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 38th FITA Top 100: 1282 points 1990 68th 1991 96th 1271 points ¢ Jari Matti Lipponen (born 17 October 1972) 1991 World Championships 18th FITA Top 100: 1990 75th 1279 points 1191 11th 1321 points Lipponen was third at the recent European Championships held in Malta in June. ¢ Tomi Poikolainen (born 27 December 1961) 1st 1980 Olympic Games 5th 1981 World Championships 9th 1983 World Championships 7th 1985 World Championships 5th 1987 World Championships 11th 1988 Olympic Games 3rd 1989 World Championships 9th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 29th 1302 points 1991 41st 1297 points World Records: 70 meters 339 1983 70 meters 343 1988 Poikolainen achieved an eighth-place finish at the 1992 European Championships held in Malta in June.

FRA FRANCE ¢ Bruno Felipe (born 29 March 1964) 12th 1989 World Championships OLYMPIC ISSUE 1992

45th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 42nd 1292 points 1991 18th 1317 points Felipe scored well in the new Olympic Round at the important Tournament of Nations at Welzheim, Germany. He won three matches, including a 109-104 win over Stanislav Zabrodsky (EUN/CIS), but lost in the semifinal to Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN), 114-110. Felipe finished fourth after losing to Andreas Lippoldt (GER) in the third-place match, 113-111 . ¢ Sebastien Flute (born 25 March 1972) 6th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 81st 1277 points 1991 8th 1324 points Flute won the 1992 European Championship in Malta, scoring 307 final round points to edge Stanislav Zabrodsky (EUN/ CIS) by 2 points! ¢ Michael Taupin (born 12 March 1972) GBR GREAT BRITAIN ¢ Steven Leslie Hallard (born 22 February 1965) 20th 1983 World Championships 21st 1984 Olympic Games 40th 1985 World Championships 7th 1987 World Championships 21st 1988 Olympic Games 2nd 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 12th FITA Top 100: 1990 16th 1311 points 1991 43rd 1296 points Hallard placed sixth in the 1992 European Championships held in Malta in June. ¢ Richard John Priestman (born 16 July 1955) 48th 1984 Olympic Games 57th 1988 Olympic Games 1Oth 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 28th FITA Top 100: 1990 30th 1301 points 1299 points 1991 37th ¢ Simon Duncan Terry (born 27 March 1974) FITA Top 100: 1991 85th 1277 points Terry, a roofer by trade , finished 12th in last year's World Junior Championships and was 14th at the recent European Championships held in Malta in June.

GER GERMANY ¢ Andreas Lippoldt (born 3 July 1967) 4th 1989 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 42nd 1292 points 1991 18th 1317 points

Lippoldt finished fifth in the 1992 European Championships held in Malta in June. He placed third in the important Tournament of Nations at Welzheim , Germany, which featured the new Olympic Round . He lost to eventual winner HeeSik Lim (KOR) in the semifinals (114111 ), but defeated France's Bruno Felipe, 113-111 , to take third. ¢ Frank Marzoch (born 22 October 1965) FITA Top 100: 1314 points 1990 13th 1300 points 1991 34th ¢ Marc Rosicke (born 13 May 1971) FITA Top 100: 1991 78th 1280 points GUM GUAM ¢ Luis Francis Mendiola Cabral (born 8 July 1960) HONG KONG HKG ¢ Yick Fung (born 3 December 1959) INA INDONESIA ¢ Hendra Setijawan (born 29 April 1970) 63rd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 59th 1283 points Setijawan placed eighth in the individual competition at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.

IND INDIA ¢ Chhangte Lalremsanga (born 28 February 1973) 69th 1991 World Championships ¢ Dulchand Damor (born 8 August 1964) 1991 World Championships 54th ¢ Limba Ram (born 30 January 1972) 39th 1988 Olympic Games 21st 1989 World Championships 20th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 71st 1281 points 1991 93rd 1272 points IRL IRELAND ¢ Noel Lynch (born 8 October 1955) 74th 1988 Olympic Games ITA ITALY ¢ llario DiBuo (born 13 December 1965) 37th 1983 World Championships 29th 1984 Olympic Games 54th 1985 World Championships 33rd 1987 World Championships 13th 1988 Olympic Games 25th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 30th FITA Top 100: 1990 15th 1312 points 1991 11th 1321 points 59

c:> Andrea Parenti (born 26 April 1965) 28th 1988 Olympic Games 14th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 38th 1297 points 1991 16th 1318 points c:> Alessandro Rivolta (born 9 June 1962) 42nd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 5th 1335 points JPN JAPAN c:> Kiyokazu Nishikawa (born 10 November 1972) He finished ninth in the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing. c:> Naoto Oku (born 16 October 1971) FITA Top 100: 1991 31st 1302 points c:> Hiroshi Yamamoto (born 31 October 1962) 6th 1981 World Championships 52nd 1983 World Championships 3rd 1984 Olympic Games 17th 1985 World Championships 13th 1987 World Championships 8th 1988 Olympic Games 52nd 1989 World Championships 4th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 11th 1315 points 1991 32nd 1301 points World Records: 70 meters 1990 344 Yamamoto reached the finals of Tournament of Nations at Welzheim, Germany, which featured the new Olympic Round . After four straight wins, including a 114-110 win over France's Bruno Felipe in the semifinals, he lost to Hee-Sik Lim (KOR), 114-110 in the final. Yamamoto also placed fifth in the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.

KOR KOREA c:> Jae-Hun Chung (born 1 June 1974) 3rd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 2nd 1342 points c:> Seung-Hoon Han (born 11 May 1973) FITA Top 100: 1991 23rd 1314 points c:> Hee-Sik Lim (born 24 February 1968) Won the Tournament of Nations at Welzheim, Germany, which featured the new Olympic Round. Lim defeated Hiroshi Yamamoto (JPN), 114-111 to win . The victory was the third round in a row in which Lim earned 114 points (out of 120) and his five-match score in the elimination rounds was an amazing 566 (out of 600).

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MEX MEXICO c:> Jose Andres Anchondo (born 10 November 1962) 26th 1988 Olympic Games 50th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 53rd 1291 points c:> Omar Bustani (born 19 June 1966) c:> Ricardo Rojas (born 4 April 1959) 32nd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 34th 1300 points Rojas won a bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games.

NED NETHERLANDS c:> Bernardus Camps (born 20 March 1971) 25th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 9th 1317 points 1991 65th 1285 points c:> Erwin Verstegen (born 31 July 1970) 37th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 3rd 1332 points 1286 points 1991 62nd c:> Hendrikus Vogels (born 19 June 1964) 69th 1989 World Championships 40th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1313 points 1990 14th 1991 16th 1318 points NOR NORWAY c:> Bertin Martinus Grov (born 3 November 1974) 26th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 57th 1289 points Bronze medalist at the 1991 World Junior Championships, he also finished seventh at the 1992 European Championships held in Malta in June.

POL POLAND c:> Jacek Gilewski (born 25 January 1969) 41st 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 15th 1320 points c:> Konrad Kwiecien (born 2 March 1964) 40th 1987 World Championships 83rd 1989 World Championships 24th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 43rd 1296 points c:> Slawomir Naploszek (born 29 July 1968) 29th 1989 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 49th 1290 points 1991 not ranked

RSA SOUTH AFRICA c:> Malcolm Geoffrey Todd (born 13 December 1941) SLO SLOVENIA c:> Sarno Medved (born 22 March 1960) 105th 1989 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 59th 1283 points 1991 46th 1295 points SMR SAN MARINO c:> Paolo Tura (born 10 February 1971) TUR TURKEY c:> Ozcan Ediz (born 27 July 1974) 108th 1991 World Championships c:> Vedat Erbay (born 16 June 1967) 36th 1987 World Championships 22nd 1988 Olympic Games 68th 1989 World Championships 107th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 85th 1277 points c:> Kerem Ersu (born 25 April 1967) 34th 1988 Olympic Games 51st 1989 World Championships 35th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 81st 1279 points USA UNITED STATES c:> Jay Barrs (born 17 July 1962) 1st 1988 Olympic Games 9th 1989 World Championsh ips FITA Top 100: 1321 points 1990 7th 1991 9th 1323 points c:> Richard A. "Butch" Johnson (born 30 August 1955) Johnson has shot competitively for twenty years, but only began working with Olympic-style bows recently. The surprise of the U.S. Olympic Trials, he pushed 1976 and 1984 Olympic Gold medalist Darrell Pace into fourth place and off the U.S. team . He has been a long-time member of the Professional Archers Association. c:> Richard McKinney (born 12 October 1953) 2nd 1975 World Championships 4th 1976 Olympic Games 1st 1977 World Championships 2nd 1979 World Championships 3rd 1981 World Championships 1st 1983 World Championships 2nd 1984 Olympic Games 1st 1985 World Championships 6th 1988 Olympic Games 13th 1989 World Championships 8th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: THE US ARCHER

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1990 11th 1315 points 1991 25th 1308 points World Records: 90 meters 318 1979 70 meters 342 1985 50 meters 345 1982 One of the most decorated archers in history, McKinney showed that he is ready for the Games with his performance in the U.S. Olympic Trials . His elimination rounds included a round of 117 (best ever) and three scores of 114.

ABOUT THE COMPETITORS: WOMEN BHU BHUTAN <=> Namgyal Lhamu (born 5 April 1974) c> Pem Tshering (born 10 September 1975) <=> Karma Tshomo (born 10 October 1973) CHN CHINA c> Xiangjun Ma (born 30 October 1964) 1Oth 1985 World Championships 1st 1987 World Championships 11th 1988 Olympic Games FITA Top 100: 1300 points 1990 22nd 1991 not ranked c> Hong Wang (born 22 May 1965) 1991 World Championships 28th FITA Top 100: 1990 12th 1315 points 1991 67th 1267 points <=> Xiaozhu Wang (born 15 May 1973) FITA Top 100: 1990 87th 1257 points 1991 67th 1267 points COL COLOMBIA <=> Maria Victoria Eschavarria (born 7 July 1960) 37th 1981 World Championships 84th 1984 Olympic Games CRC COSTA RICA c> Patricia Obregon (born 18 February 1952) ESP SPAIN c> Teresa Fernandez (born 15 October 1949) EUN Commonwealth of Independent States c> Ludmila Arjannikova (born 15 March 1958) 2nd 1985 World Championships 5th 1987 World Championships 4th 1988 Olympic Games 5th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 7th FITA Top 100: 1990 7th 1328 points

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1991 9th 1316 points World Records: FITA Round 1325 1984 60 meters 338 1984 Placed fourth in the 1992 European Championships held in Malta in May. <=> Khatouna Kurivichvili (born 1 January 1974) FITA Top 100: 1990 15th 1308 points Became European Champion with a strong performance in Malta in May. Scored 1266 in the first FITA Round, then won the final round easily, scoring 316 points to only 303 for the next closest performer, Alison Williamson (GBR). <=> Natalia Valeeva (born 15 November 1969) 16th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1307 points 1990 17th 1991 1Oth 1313 points FRA FRANCE <=> Severine Bonal (born 13 February 1972) 1991 World Championships 55th FITA Top 100: 1990 47th 1276 points 1991 63rd 1269 points Placed 1Oth in the 1992 European Championships. Also shot well at the Golden Arrow Grand Prix in Antalya, Turkey in May, placing fourth. She had a best 12-arrow end of 109 points during that tournament. c> Christine Gabillard (born 2 January 1970) 43rd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 58th 1272 points Scored well at the 1992 European Championships, placing fifth . <=> Nathalie Hibon (born 24 April 1969) 15th 1987 World Championships 28th 1988 Olympic Games 38th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 37th FITA Top 100: 1991 21st 1296 points Shot well at the Tournament of Nations at Welzheim, Germany in May, reaching the semifinals and finishing fourth (top European) overall.

GBR GREAT BRITAIN c> Joanne Marie Edens (born 1 October 1967) 1991 World Championships 31st FITA Top 100: 1279 points 1990 42nd 1285 points 1991 38th World Records : 30 meters 357 1990

c> Sylvia Harris (born 17 March 1965) <=> Alison Williamson (born 3 November 1971) 18th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 83rd 1258 points 1991 20th 1297 points Silver medal winner at the 1992 European Championships in Malta.

GER GERMANY <=> Astrid Hanschen (born 4 January 1967) <=> Cornelia Pfohl (born 23 February 1971) 1991 World Championships 49th FITA Top 100: 1991 42nd 1281 points <=> Marion Wagner (born 9 June 1968) 62nd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 27th 1297 points 1991 5th 1325 points Finished sixth in the 1992 European Championships in Malta in May. Also scored well at the Golden Arrow Grand Prix tournament in Antalya, Turkey, finishing second to Joanna Nowicka (POL).

HUN HUNGARY <=> Timea Kiss (born 19 January 1973) 83rd 1989 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 51st 1274 points 1991 not ranked <=> Judit Kovacs (born 7 January 1956) 1980 Olympic Games 12th 70th 1981 World Championships 18th 1989 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 65th 1267 points 1991 not ranked <=> Marina Szendei (born 8 July 1971) INA INDONESIA <=> Rusena Gelanteh (born 6 March 1968) 76th 1989 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1252 points 1990 97th 1294 points 1991 24th <=> Nurfitriyana Lantang (born 7 March 1962) Placed ninth in the 1990 Asian Games at Beijing. <=> Purnama Pandiangan (born 12 October 1968) 61 st 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1259 points 1990 81 st 1991 15th 1300 points ITA ITALY <=> Maria Rachele Testa THE US ARCHER

(born 5 February 1956) 1991 World Championships 68th FITA Top 100: 1990 64th 1268 points 1991 70th 1266 points Shot well at the 1992 European Championships, placing ninth overall.

JPN JAPAN ¢ Reiko Fujita (born 2 July 1972) ¢ Yuriko lneda (born 15 July 1971) FITA Top 100: 1990 88th 1256 points ¢ Keiko Nakagomi (born 12 June 1970) FITA Top 100: 1278 points 1990 44th 1286 points 1991 35th KOR KOREA ¢ Youn-Jeong Cho (born 29 September 1969) 1Oth 1991 World Championships FIT A Top 100: 1318points 1990 11th 1991 8th 1317 points Scored an impressive victory at the Tournament of Nations at Welzheim , Germany in May. Won five straight matches and defeated world-record holders Eun-Kyung Lee in the semifinal (111108) and Soo-Nyung Kim in the final 112-107. ¢ Soo-Nyung Kim (born 5 April 1971) 1st 1988 Olympic Games 1st 1989 World Championships 1st 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1364 points 1990 2nd 1991 1st 1356 points World Records: 30 meters 356 1987 FITA Round 1338 1988 336 1988 50 meters 1352 1988 FITA Round 1989 70 meters 336 347 1989 60 meters 1368 1989 FITA Round Shot well at the recent Tournament of Nations in Welzheim, finishing second to Youn-Jeong Cho (112-1 07 in the final) .

Had a strong 12-arrow round of 11 0 during the tournament. ¢ Eun-Kyung Lee (born 29 September 1967) 1991 World Championships 2nd FITA Top 100: 1990 1st 1370 points 1991 2nd 1350 points World Records: FITA Round 1370 1990 50 meters 337 1990 Finished third at the important Tournament of Nations at Welzheim, OLYMPIC ISSUE 1992

Germany this past May. Lost to eventual champion Youn-Jeong Cho in the semifinals, but defeated France's Nathalie Hibon in the third-place match, 110-105.

LUX LUXEMBOURG ¢ Jeannette Goergen (born 30 November 194 7) 32nd 1983 World Championships 16th 1984 Olympic Games 22nd 1985 World Championships 69th 1987 World Championships 93rd 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 53rd FITA Top 100: 1991 35th 1286 points MEX MEXICO ¢ Gonzala Breton (born 10 January 1950) Won a bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games archery competition, held at Havana, Cuba.

NED NETHERLANDS ¢ Adriana Van Dyck (born 4 February 1964) ¢ Jacqueline Van Rozendaal (born 20 February 1964) 23rd 1988 Olympic Games 44th 1989 world Championships 1991 World Championships 21st FITA Top 100: 1298 points 1990 26th 1283 points 1991 40th ¢ Christel Verstegen (born 27 March 1973) FITA Top 100: 1990 35th 1285 points 1287 points 1991 34th NZL NEW ZEALAND ¢ Faye Barbara L. Johnstone (born 6 November 1961) 67th 1989 World Championships 42nd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 95th 1253 points POL POLAND ¢ Edyta Korotkin (born 18 April 1972) 74th 1989 World Championships 48th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 28th 1292 points ¢ Joanna Nowicka (born 25 July 1966) 40th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 63rd 1269 points 1991 28th 1292 points Has shot well so far in 1992, winning the Golden Arrow Grand Prix tournament in Antalya, Turkey. This tourney featured the Olympic round format and Nowicka won five straight matches after an opening FITA Round of 1308. She defeated Marion Wagner (GER) in the final , 106-99. Nowicka also won a bronze medal at the 1992

European Championships. ¢ lwona Orrzesik (born 22 June 1972) 60th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 67th 1267 points POR PORTUGAL ¢ Ana Sousa (born 18 August 1969) FITA Top 100: 1991 51st 1275 points PRK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ¢ Jong-Hwa Kim (born 23 June 1970) 41st 1989 World Championships 9th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1313 points 1990 13th 1991 not ranked ¢ Myong-Gum Li (born 6 June 1968) 1991 World Championships 15th FITA Top 100: 1267 points 1990 65th 1272 points 1991 58th ¢ Song Hui Sin (born 24 March 1970) RSA SOUTH AFRICA ¢ Johanna Schenk (born 31 July 1944) SWE SWEDEN ¢ Lislotte Djerf (birth date not available) ¢ Kristine Persson (birth date not available) ¢ Jenny Sjowall (born 17 August 1971) 5th 1988 Olympic Games 16th 1989 World Championships 22nd 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 1oth 1319 points 1991 6th 1320 points TPE CHINESE TAIPEI ¢ Fang-Mei Lai (born 30 December 1969) 26th 1987 World Championships 12th 1988 Olympic Games 23rd 1989 World Championships 8th 1991 World Championships FITA Top100: 1263 points 1990 72nd 1991 14th 1301 points Placed tenth at the 1990 Asian Games held in Beijing. ¢ Vi-Yin Lin (born 11 May 1973) FITA Top 100: 1990 51st 1274 points 1991 76th 1263 points ¢ Pi-Yu Liu (born 30 January 1969) 18th 1987 World Championships 15th 1988 Olympic Games 63

26th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 9th 1321 points 1991 26th 1293 points Finished sixth in the 1990 Asian Games archery competition.

TUR TURKEY ¢ Elie Eksi (born 21 March 1967) 34th 1987 World Championships 42nd 1988 Olympic Games 21st 1989 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1991 63rd 1269 points Placed eighth in the recent European Championships held in Malta. ¢ Natalia Nazaridze (born 1 October 1972) FITA Top 100: 190 6th 1334 points 1991 16th 1299 points Formerly shot for the USSR, but her marriage to a Turkish citizen has changed her affiliation. She shot well at the recent Golden Arrow Grand Prix tournament in Antalya, where she finished third. The tourney used the Olympic Round format and Nasaridze won three matches before losing in the semifinals to Germany's Marion Wagner. She won the third place match over France's Severine Banal, 109104. c:> Zehra Oktem (born 4 September 1959) 37th 1989 World Championships 1991 World Championships 3rd FITA Top 100: 1990 67th 1266 points 1991 16th 1299 points USA UNITED STATES c:> Sherry Lynn Block (born 10 February 1971) FITA Top 100: 1990 48th 1275 points 1991 90th 1255 points c:> Jennifer Lynn O'Donnell (born 12 October 1973) 17th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 76th 1262 points 1991 21st 1296 points Finished eighth in the 1991 World Junior Championships and won a silver medal in the 1991 Pan American Games as well. c:> Denise Parker (born 12 December 1973) 21st 1988 Olympic Games 3rd 1989 World Championships 6th 1991 World Championships FITA Top 100: 1990 3rd 1348 points 1991 3rd 1346 points Won both the Pan American Games and World Junior Championships in 1991.

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Had a very strong performance in the U.S. Olympic Trials, opening with a FITA Round of 1335 and compiling strong Olympic Rounds on her way to winning the competition. Had 12-arrow ends of 114, 113, 112 and 111 twice.

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NEW OLYMPIC ROUND HITS THE MARK IN BARCELONA VAN NUYS, CA- August 1992- Archery definitely made history at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Beginning with the now famous "flaming arrow" used to light the Olympic torch in the opening ceremonies to the introduction of the New Olympic Round at the archery venue, the sport has attracted a wide-spread visibility it has never before enjoyed.

The New Olympic Round (NOR) was created to make Olympic archery easier for spectators and the media to understand, follow and enjoy. For the first time, the archers competed head-to-head in an elimination contest that generated tremendous spectator interest. With the vote just a few months away on whether archery will remain an Olympic sport, it was crucial that this minor sport gain mass appeal. As the Olympics got underway, it became clear that archery had stepped into a new arena.

"The media coverage was phenomenal," said Jim Easton. "Although the U.S. market did not get to see much archery action, the European media devoted a lot of time to the event. This was the best thing that could have happened to the sport."

In fact, after filling the stands during the preliminary rounds, tickets to the archery finals became a hot property. The venue sold out each day, and the VIP stands were full as IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch, King Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Anne, to name a few, came to watch the competition. The King of Spain also participated in the team medal ceremony after the Spanish men captured the gold.

Unquestionably, the moment that drew the most applause came when Antonio Rebollo, the Paralympian who shot the flaming arrow, appeared at the archery venue in Vall d'Hebron . He was greeted

by Jim Easton and received a standing ovation from the enthusiastic crowd.

All in all, the press coverage of the archery competition has been tremendous.

The picture of the archer shooting the flaming arrow appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, and

the footage from the opening ceremonies has been replayed countless times .

"Archery really made its presence known in Barcelona," said Easton. "The flaming arrow put it at the forefront of everyone's mind, and the success of the New Olympic Round carried it through the competition ." **** Easton arrows also made a strong showing among Olympic medal winners in Barcelona. Medalists who used Easton arrows in the men's and women's individual competition included Gold Medalist Sebastien Flute of France, Bronze Medalist Simon Terry of Great Britain and Natalia Valeeva of the Unified Team, winner of the Bronze Medal in women's competition.

In men's team competition, Spain, Finland and Great Britain captured the medals with ninety percent of the archers using Easton Shafts. The women's Silver Medal team from China and the Bronze Medal Unified Team used Easton as well.

For information contact Kerry Gladden, Jas. D. Easton Inc., 7855 Haskell Ave., Suite 202, Dept. USA, Van Nuys, CA 91406.

Phone (818)782-6445, Fax (818)994-3889, TWX 910-495-1130 "EASTON VAN." *

MARTIN ARCHERY IS PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE 1992 SUMMER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONIES The 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, were officially opened with the traditional lighting of the Olympic Torch.

In a slight break from the tradition, however, the Olympic Torch in Barcelona was actually lit by a flaming arrow shot from a traditional recurve bow - a Mamba recurve - supplied to the Olympic Games by Martin Archery, Inc. of Walla Walla, Washington.

Spanish archer Antonio Rebollo used the Martin Mamba recurve of 60 pounds draw weight to shoot a four foot flaming arrow a distance of 181 feet over the torch perched atop a cauldron 70 feet in height.

Archer Rebollo accomplished this feat, before an audience qf millions, without the use of a bow sight cir release aid and under cover of darkness .

Let the games begin.

For information contact Martin Archery Inc., Route 5, Box 127, Dept. USA, Walla Walla, WA 99362 . Phone (509)529-2554.

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THREE WORLD RECORDS BROKEN BEMAN 100% CARBON FIBER ARROWS GAINING STRONGHOLD While only one out of ten archers in Barcelona were shooting Beman 100 percent carbon fiber arrows, their showings were significantly impressive.

Korean archer, Youn-Jeong Cho, shooting Beman arrows shattered three world records with scores of 338 in both the 70 and 50 meter distances and a near perfect 1375 in the FITA competitions.

Overall, Beman 100 percent carbon fiber arrow shooters won a total of seven medals, three gold , three silver and one bronze.

Speed , strength, trajectory, and straightness are the distinguishing marks of a Beman 100 percent carbon fiber arrow, according to David Polzin , general manager of Beman Archery. "A Beman 100 percent carbon fiber arrow is lighter and straighter than either an aluminum or carbon/aluminum compound arrow, giving it the advantage of a reduced surface area. That means a faster shooting arrow."

A faster arrow translates into a flatter trajectory , he says.

Polzin also points out that carbon fiber has a "memory" which returns the arrow to its original factory straightness (0.0007 TIR for their Diva "S" competition arrow) and will withstand thousands of shots without material fatigue.

Beman 100 percent carbon fiber arrows are having no trouble making their points as witnessed in the recent Barcelona games. Cho's record-breaking performance, with Beman arrows, helped her team win three gold medals at the Barcelona games.

Later, in individual women's, she took another gold while Beman shooting teammate, Soo-Nyung Kim, won the silver.

Other Beman arrow shooters winning medals included Korean arch~r. Jeo-Hun Chung (individual men's silver), Finland (men's team- 1 silver), and EUN (women's team 1 bronze). The bottom line is that Beman's 10 percent of the archery shooters at the Barcelona competition won 50 percent of all the medals.

For information contact Beman Archery Corporation , 3682 Rennie School Rd ., Dept. USA, Traverse City, Ml49684, USA. Phone (616)943-8864. Fax (616)943-8990.

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