What are the two types of bows in the archery competition at the Asian Games?

The bow types in the archery competitions of the Asian Games are as follows:

The archery competitions of the Asian Games have two types of bows, the recurve bow and the compound bow.

Expanded Knowledge:

Archery, or archery, is the sport of shooting arrows with the help of a bow's elasticity and competing for accuracy over a certain distance, also known as archery.

Archery was first used in hunting and war, and modern archery began in England, where the Fonsecourt Silver Archery Tournament was held in Yorkshire in 1673, and the 1st All-England Archery Championships were held in England in 1844, and the Archery Association of Great Britain was established in 1861 to unify the competition regulations. 1900, archery in the 2nd Olympic Games was listed as an official competition, and in 1956, China began to list archery as a competition item. China began to list archery as a competition event.

The highest organizing body of archery is the International Archery Federation (IAF), which was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Equipment included:

Bow: The bow and arrow equipment used by archery athletes is the result of modern technology and has good performance. The bow can be fitted with sights and is allowed to have stabilizers or arrow flight shock absorbers, but it is not allowed to be used as a string guide for aiming and cannot touch other objects.

The types of modern bows can be categorized into compound bows and recurve bows. A recurve bow is mainly composed of a bow handle, bow blade, sight, signal piece, arrow platform, and balance bar (V-seat, extension, push handle, long bar, and side bar bar).

Arrows: Arrows include arrowheads, shafts, nocks and feathers. The style of arrows and the color combination of the arrow feathers used by the mobilizers in the same set must be the same. Each athlete shall have his/her name or initials marked on each arrow to distinguish him/her.

Targets: archery competition targets are generally square and round. The target is made of straw and burlap or other suitable materials. The side length and diameter of the archery target shall not be less than 124 centimeters, and the thickness is generally 15-25 centimeters. Archery targets require strong and durable, moderately hard, so that the arrow is easy to shoot into the undamaged and not easy to penetrate or rebound, fall off.

Target frame: the frame to support the target is called the target frame, made of wood or bamboo, required to be strong, but can not cause damage to the arrow. The target frame is placed diagonally on the finish line, and the angle between the vertical line and the ground is about 10-15 degrees. The height of the center of each ring target is 130cm from the ground, all should be in a straight line.

Ring target: ring target for the round, 122 cm in diameter, from the center outward for the yellow, red, light blue, black and white five concentric circles of equal width color area. Each color area is divided into two equal width areas of the same color by a thin line, which constitutes 10 equal width ring area, 10 ring area has a center ring line, called the inner 10 rings, used to assess some of the same number of rings in the ranking.

Zonal ring lines are drawn inside the high ring zone. The outermost white zone outer edge line is drawn within the scoring zone. None of the lines shall exceed 2 millimeters in width. The center of the ring target is marked with a "+" symbol, called a pinhole." The width of the line of the "+" symbol shall not exceed 1 millimeter. Ring targets may be made of paper, cloth or other suitable materials, but all materials are required to be the same and of uniform specifications for the same competition.

Timing device: The official name of this device is "Timer Signal Light", or "Timer" or "Signal Light" for short.

Other Equipment: Athletes may wear a number of protective devices, including finger guards for bow holders, arm guards, chest guards, archery glasses and sunglasses. This equipment must comply with the International Archery Federation rules. Before the archery competition, the bow, arrows, finger protectors (hand guards) and glasses used by the athletes must be checked by the judges for compliance with the competition rules.