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The history of archery goes back
at least 10,000 years -- many
preserved bows and arrow-heads
as well as prehistoric cave
paintings attest to its antiquity.
Archery was not included in the
first modern games and for many
years was predominantly a
demonstration sport at the
Olympics. Only since 1972 has
archery become a regularly staged
event.
Tournament archers no longer use
traditional wooden bows, but more
stable, lighter weight ones made
of fiberglass and carbon fibers
sandwiched around a core of
glass beads and foam. Linen bow
strings have been replaced by
polyethylene strings that can fire
arrows at greater speeds. And
the arrows themselves, once made
of wood and turkey feathers, are
now fashioned of carbon-wrapped
aluminum and plastic. The result is
greater accuracy: winning
archery scores in top competitive
rounds have gone from the 1100s
in the 1960s to the mid-1300s now,
with a perfect score being 1440.