This stage should be equally thrilling, with the slew of upsets and rapidly rising new comers from the previous two stages; it really is anyone's game as we begin the qualifying round for the recurve discipline today. We'll certainly want to keep an eye on the Colombian team as they are both on their home turf and the Women's compound team is coming off a huge win against the US during stage two.Also of note, and I have to admit I was a bit blindsided by this; former Olympian Anne Abernathy is competing this week in the recurve division. Now, the phrase "former olympian" is not too unusual in Archery but when the former olympian in question is from another sport... cancer survivor.. brain trauma survivor and 60 years old; then it's definitely something to put a pin in and watch. If you didn't recognize her name like me, Anne Abernathy is a six time winter olympian, having competed in the luge between 1988 and 2006 (this makes her the oldest athlete ever to have competed in the winter games). She's now working on claiming her seventh olympic appearance but this time in the sport of archery.
As always live scoring is available at the World Archery Website
or (if you want more pictures and less statistical data) check out their tumblr account
and if you want to know more about Anne Abernathy she has her own website.
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