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archery tournament.
1) Practice
arrows. The practice targets shall be set up at the first distance to be shot
by each class. When shooting the Elimination Round and Finals Round,
the organisers may decide on the length of the practice period taking
into account the schedule for each day. At other World Archery events
practice shall be for a maximum of 45 minutes but may be less and the
Cup Events, athletes and team officials shall dress in sports clothing on
dressed in the same team uniform. The teams of one country may wear
different style but should wear the same colours and should be easily
Any athlete on the target butt shall refer any questions about the
value of an arrow in the target face to a Judge before any arrows are
are drawn, provided that all the athletes on the target agree on the
published results shall be lodged with the Judges without any undue
4) Shooting
Each athlete shall shoot and stand or kneel at the shooting peg
the shooting peg, taking into consideration the condition of the terrain.
In exceptional circumstances a Judge may give permission to shoot from
outside the defined area. In Field and 3D rounds every shooting position
Besides that, athletes shall wait well behind the athletes in the shooting
position unless they are assisting the athletes at the shooting peg with
to shooting and at the shooting peg before shooting the arrow. The use
of binoculars is not allowed after having finished shooting the arrow and
no athlete may approach the target until all athletes of the group have
warm-up areas. Besides that, when drawing back the string of his bow
an athlete shall not use any technique which, in the opinion of the
the string in the opinion of the Judges, shall be asked by the chairperson
within 30 minutes shall lose the number of arrows still to be shot on that
target and those arrows shot by his group after that time until he rejoins
his group. In the case of a Judge's timing an athlete and observing him
exceeding the time limit, at the third and all subsequent warnings during
that stage of the competition, the athlete shall lose the highest scoring
arrow after the Judge has stopped the shooting, the athlete’s or team’s
highest scoring arrow on that target shall be lost and finally any athlete
3) Equipment
electronic storage device that may be used for calculating angles, and
distances apart from notes of the athlete’s normal sight marks, the
Archery Rules.
4) Warnings
turn to shoot, shall remain in the waiting area until the athletes shooting
may approach the shooting position and no athlete may approach the
target until all athletes of the group have finished shooting, unless
authority is given by a Judge. When drawing back the string of his bow,
an athlete shall not use any technique which, in the opinion of the
safety zone or safety arrangements (overshoot area, net, wall etc.) and
none of the arrows nor the target face, target or butt may be touched