Archery has been a part of 13 Olympic Games. It began in Paris in 1900, but was discontinued between 1920 and 1972.
Today’s Olympic archery consists of individual men’s and women’s competitions as well as men’s and women’s team events. Since archery was re-added to the Olympics in 1972, South Korea has dominated the sport, with a total of 25 medals. The United States is a distant second with 13 medals.
In Beijing, the archery competitions will take place on the Olympic Green Archery Field, an outdoor venue with a seating capacity of 5380.
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“The Olympics is all about being the best in the world. Success or failure comes down to fractions of seconds or millimetres. So how good do I need to be to compete with the best archers in the world? Answer – pretty good.” — Jonathan Philips
With the interesting facts about sprinter Justin Gatlin, Archery, and getting into the Olympics, the article was an entertaining read.
It gave some insights on the process on how athletes get to compete in the Olympics. I need it since I’m not overly exposed on the matter.
It also made me question how he’s planning to qualify …read more

Honestly, I was silently laughing at first when I came across an article over at BBC, which basically told me about a quaint blogger with a genuine desire to win a place in any country’s Olympic Team and raise a £1m for charity in the process.
This blogger, Jonathan Phillips, is reported to have “limited sporting talent” but is considering Archery as his best bet since it’s the only discipline, which is “neither dangerous, involves leotards or is a fitness based sport.”
What started out as a joke almost a year ago, turned into a vision that continues today and, I reckon, …read more

In the upcoming Summer Olympics, we can expect the following disciplines:

Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe / kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling