oddDec 12, 2024

New World Record just dropped! Gibson with 718 :)

https://feddit.org/post/5611444

New World Record just dropped! Gibson with 718 :) - feddit.org

> World number one Ella Gibson has shot a new compound women’s world record of 718 out of a possible 720 points for the 72-arrow 50-metre qualifying round, subject to ratification, at a top-tier domestic event in Woking, Great Britain.

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She tied the men’s world record held by Braden Gellenthien. Once again proving that archery is a sport of equal opportunity.
Dec 16, 2024 at 9:58amWeb
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It also has a feminist history: feddit.org/post/82701
Archery history: The sport that pioneered equality for women’s participation - feddit.org

> Archery has long been celebrated for gender equality in competition. Particularly in the modern era, women have taken an equal role in competition – and increasingly in governance as well. > The sport was among the first to include a women’s event at the Olympics – in 1904 – and World Archery was the first international federation to have a female president. > The available prize money on the Hyundai Archery World Cup has been equal since the international circuit’s inception in 2006. Mixed team competition, which will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, sees men and women compete together.