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The archery competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Yamuna Sports Complex between 4 and 10 October. This was the second games appearance of the optional Commonwealth Games sport, almost thirty years after its debut at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. [1] Twenty-three nations entered archers into the tournament. [2]
A women's individual archery event had only taken place once before at the Commonwealth Games. As part of the 1982 Games held in Brisbane, Australia, a programme of two competitions using recurve bows took place over a four day period, with the women's individual event being held in parallel with a similar event for male archers.
"2008 Olympic gold medallist Viktor Ruban holds two recurve bow specimens while in competition at the 2012 Olympic Games" might be a good illustration for this gold medallist, but it is not for the bow, which is hardly visible in the important details and recurve-model specifics. Lionni 07:54, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
An archery competition. Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which members shoot at stationary circular targets at varying distances. All types of bow – longbow, barebow, recurve and compound – can be used.
Self bows, composite bows, and laminated bows using the recurve form are still made and used by bowyers, amateurs, and professional archers. The unqualified phrase "recurve bow" or just "a recurve" in modern archery circles usually refers to a typical modern recurve bow, as used by archers in the Olympics and many other competitive events. It ...
recurve bow (equipment) – A form of bow in which the unstrung tips curve away from the archer; reflex bow (equipment) – A form of bow in which the entire length of the handle and arms curve away from the archer; release (practice) – The act of relaxing the fingers of the drawing hand (see Bow draw) to free an arrow from a bow (a.k.a. loose)
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Longbows as used by English archers in the Middle Ages at such battles as Crecy and Agincourt were straight limb bows. A recurve bow has tips that curve away from the archer when the bow is strung. By one definition, the difference between recurve and other bows is that the string touches a section of the limb when the bow is strung.