Archery

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__Archery in the makeing__
Now for some history of archery. Archery was first included in the summer Olympics in the year 1900. In all the four games of archery, it is very much possible for the archers to compete for more than one medal. The first player to win the gold medal in the game of archery in Olympics was the much famed Hubert van Innis belonging to Belgium. The sports of archery was reintroduced into the Olympics schedule in the year 1972, with a modification that there are going to be two separate competitions for the men and the women.

The first arrow head was made in Africa, but the bow and arrow was made in about 50,000 BC. It was probably made in conjunction with the spear thrower. A short bow would be a better hunting weapon when stalking wild animals in wooded areas rather than carry along long spears. The shape of the earliest bow can only be guessed at, as a broken worn out bow and a short or long worn out piece of wood with an arrow head at the end. Egyptians drew pictures of the bow and arrow. In the i5 century they hade hard sturdy arrows.