Archery by Jallet Morgane

Paralympic archery,

THE RULES:

-Archers must send their arrow to a target of 122 cm in diameter where are traced ten circles, this target is at a distance of seventy meters. -When the arrow reaches the target, the archer wins between zero and ten points, to get the most points the archer must put his arrow closest to the center.

-The events are individual or team of three archers.

HISTORY:

-Archery was introduced during the creation of the Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome.

EQUIPMENT:

-The archer must have a bow (for the visually impaired the bow can have some adjustments), arrows and a target.

CLASSIFICATION:

-W1 archer in chair- quadriplegics and related

-W2 archer in wheelchair paraplegics and reated

-ST archer standing, amputees ...