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    COMPOUND IN THE OLYMPICS

    Jul 04, 2019 5 minutes

    Will we see compound archery in the Olympics, and if so when? It is a common question in archery circles, and is entirely understandable from the perspective of compound shooters that see almost all modern competitions allowing multiple bowstyles, yet the pinnacle of the sport remains a recurve-only affair.

    The next three summer Olympic Games will be Tokyo in 2020, Paris in 2024, and Los Angeles in 2028. Compound is not on the programme for the Tokyo Games, so what are the chances of it being added in the future?

    In Den Bosch, Bow sat down with World Archery secretary-general Tom Dielen to assess the current situation in 2019 from the perspective of the international governing body.

    “I think the first attempt to get compound into the Olympics was in 2000." said Dielen. "The answer from the IOC then was clearly that compound was too similar [to recurve]. So that was the situation at

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