http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2012/08/03/archery-is-the-%e2%80%98new%e2%80%99-curling-i-don%e2%80%99t-think-so-nbc/ Where media and technology meet Sun, 19 May 2013 16:25:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2012/08/03/archery-is-the-%e2%80%98new%e2%80%99-curling-i-don%e2%80%99t-think-so-nbc/comment-page-1/#comment-418584 TexARC Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:06:15 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=35695#comment-418584 As a sagittarial proselytizer, I will also admit to having watched (and enjoyed) curling. Once. Ok, maybe twice. The fact that curling is a winter games sport, and archery is a year-round outdoor event seen also at the summer games tells me that I can enjoy both! And of course, NBC is right, archery is so very new, having only been documented by historical evidence (arrow head points) to have been around oh, 50,000 years or so.... Name another Olympic sport where the US has had 18 yo and 52 yo women on the same team? Or where several para archers have also shot well enough to compete in the Olympics as well as the Paralympics? Archery is cool for many reasons, while curling is fun but cold, ice cold<brr> As a sagittarial proselytizer, I will also admit to having watched (and enjoyed) curling. Once. Ok, maybe twice. The fact that curling is a winter games sport, and archery is a year-round outdoor event seen also at the summer games tells me that I can enjoy both!
And of course, NBC is right, archery is so very new, having only been documented by historical evidence (arrow head points) to have been around oh, 50,000 years or so….
Name another Olympic sport where the US has had 18 yo and 52 yo women on the same team? Or where several para archers have also shot well enough to compete in the Olympics as well as the Paralympics? Archery is cool for many reasons, while curling is fun but cold, ice cold

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