Are You Ready for Snow Archery?
Now that IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch has ruled out dog sledding as a possible addition to the Winter Olympics, how about ski archery?
It could happen. A prominent member of the IOC, Jim Easton of Los Angeles, is pushing it. He, not coincidentally, is also president of the International Archery Federation.
He describes the sport, which will hold its first world championship this month, as biathlon with a bow and arrow.
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