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WORLD ARCHERY: LOOKING FORWARD

Tokyo gave us some new events and new technology, but now the Olympics is done, everyone in the archery world has one city on their minds: Paris. Bow caught up with World Archery secretary-general Tom Dielen to look at what has been delivered and what is on the horizon for the biggest event in the sport.

MIXED TEAM

History was made as the mixed team event was shot for the first time on the first Saturday of the Games – the first archery event to award a medal. It has been part of many international competitions since 2012, and was originally intended to be included at Rio 2016 but a number of logistical and organisational issues prevented its inclusion.

Several other sports added a mixed team event in Tokyo too. It

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