Posted in Club News, Olympic News on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that NBC U Olympics will be live streaming many sports over the Internet, including archery. Other sports, especially tape delayed sports, will not be broadcast over the Intertubes.

From the document posted on their web site here is the coverage breakdown as I can glean from the document. All archery coverage will be on NBCOlympics.com.

• Fri, Aug 8th – Women’s Archery
• Sat, Aug 9th – Men’s Archery
• Sun, Aug 10th – Women’s Archery – Team Semifinal & Gold Medal Final
• Sun, Aug 10th – Men’s Archery – Team Competition
• Mon, Aug 11th – Men’s Archery – Team Semifinal & Gold Medal Final
• Tue, Aug 12th – Men’s and Women’s Archery – Individual Competition
• Wed, Aug 13th – Men’s and Women’s Archery
• Thu, Aug 14th – Women’s Archery – Individual Competition, Semifinals & Final
• Thu, Aug 14th – Men’s Archery – Individual Competition
• Fri, Aug 15th – Men’s Archery – Individual Competition, Semifinals & Gold Medal Final

Check here for more details and times when they become available. Event times are subject to change at any time.

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Posted in Olympic News on July 7th, 2008 | No Comments »

South Korean archers banned for pulling out of training

South Korea’s world-class archers were ordered to clean up city sewage, stay up all night, stare at dead bodies in a crematory and climb a mountain with a rubber dinghy on their backs.

It’s all part of a training regime designed to toughen them, mentally and physically, for the world outdoor archery championships in Beijing.

But the country’s top four male archers — all Olympic medallists — said the Aug. 7-10 training was too intense and pulled out after one day. The Korea Archery Association banned them from the championship that begins Sept. 15, and from running for the national team for up to five years.

“It’s a bit late to regret it, but we really did not expect to be replaced,” said Kim Bo-ram, ranked fourth in the world.

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Posted in Club News, Olympic News on July 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »

News & Star: Alan is Cumbria’s Beijing Olympics hope

Little over a year after joining Sellafield Archery at 13, he was competing in the national junior championship. Though there was no indication of the glory to follow within a few years.

“I finished second-to-last,” recalled Arlecdon-based Alan. “I gave up archery I was so embarrassed. But after a couple of months I started back and got addicted to training. I just wanted to get better and better.”

He caught the eye of Great Britain selectors at 15, and from 16 to 18, he was the top junior in Europe.

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