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Old 08-05-08, 05:39 PM
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There are some younger american recurve archers up and coming.

Many have video journals on youtube
True, and 19-year-old Brady Ellison won the men's trials. But it's striking that a 52-year-old can still beat the vast majority of younger contenders. It suggests to me that Ki Sik Lee isn't having the impact he should be having.
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Old 08-05-08, 06:52 PM
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I'll be 59 when I qualify for the British Team in the 2012 Olympics in London.
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Old 08-05-08, 06:53 PM
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I'll be 59 when I qualify for the British Team to shoot in the 2012 Olympics in London.
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Old 08-05-08, 10:50 PM
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oldies like Johnson and 32-year-old Vic Wunderle are in again.
Er, since when was 32 considered "old"?
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Old 08-05-08, 11:11 PM
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I'll be 59 when I qualify for the British Team to shoot in the 2012 Olympics in London.
I was just about to say that OB! Shooting a Merlin with X7's maybe?

And SP will be holding the gold.......................... medal polish for you.
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thanks for the info guys!
i wish i had taken my first archery course at 14 or 15! and now, my only hope is to become the oldest olympic archer at the age of 49!
hope for me yet then lol
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Old 09-05-08, 08:24 AM
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Just checking the dates of the 2012..I will be having my 60th birthday during them and so for the archery..will be 60!
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Dude. For some reason you are posting twice for the second time. Check your browser. It's tripping out big time.

Wasn't Hiroshi Yamamoto oldish when he won silver in 2004?

Now there's a legend...
42, I think. He was born in 1962

(Wikipedia is your friend)
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Old 09-05-08, 08:36 AM
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Old 10-05-08, 08:35 PM
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I'll be 59 when I qualify for the British Team to shoot in the 2012 Olympics in London.
Me too!.....See you there.....


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Dude. For some reason you are posting twice for the second time. Check your browser. It's tripping out big time.
I hope it's not alzheimers.....

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