GUATEMALA CITY: WORLD CUP 2021

Bow’s coverage of international archery has been on pause for an entire year’s worth of issues, and the restarting of the international circus, with barely three months to go before a potentially troubled Olympic Games, was always going to be interesting.

The Games may be the biggest thing in the sport but for the recurve side of the competition, occasionally it seems like the Olympics is a black hole, something so immense on the calendar that it sucks in all energy, resources and attention. You feel like there are other things to worry about, but the cachet and importance of becoming an Olympian, and the funding of teams that qualification often secures from national