Not being Distracted shooting

Paris 2024: In the Men's Team Olympic semifinals, Korea had a 3-1 edge over China. The Koreans had a two point advantage in the 4th end as Kim Je Deok took his place on the line looking to put Korea through to the Gold medal match. At this point, an insect (possibly a wasp) with no regard for fair play, decided to intrude on Kim's shot and got into his face.

The Korean wafted the insect away several times. It persisted in his face, even landing on his hand. All archers know how distracting this can be. With the clock ticking, the Korean still holding at full draw, released, and shot a 10. Even with external influences trying to put them off ... Koreans will kick yo ass in archery.

Moral of this story ... learn distraction shooting**. It might keep you on the path to gold.

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** We'll get an article up on distraction shooting soon ..... OK, its 2 weeks later - Distraction shooting article as promised
Korea - China match scores can be viewed here
Insects that interfere in matters of archery come to bad ends.