I never knew that archery was so big in South Korea. I do now. It seemed that most of the spectators had flown all the way from South Korea to watch it. They expected gold and they got it in both the womens team and individual events, plus the men’s individual event. Lord’s was a great location and looked great even in the heavy showers.
On the television it is hard to visualise the distance that the archers are shooting over. 70 metres makes the central yellow 10 target area appear the size of a ten pence piece from the archers position. They also had to cope with the wind which proved a challenge. From the shooting position the archers were shelterd from the wind, but there was a space of about twenty metres between the stands and the targets which allowed a cross wind to affect the arrow. It showed the skill of the archers, that they very rarely missed the central yellow of the target.
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