Use of the bow and arrow, originally in hunting and warfare, now as a competitive sport. The world governing body is the International Archery Federation (FITA), which was founded in 1931. In Olympic competition, archers shoot at targets 70 m/230 ft away in four events - men's and women's individual and team competitions. The target is 1.22 m/4 ft in diameter and marked with ten concentric rings, scoring ten points for the centre ring, or bullseye, down to one point for the outermost ring. Archers, or teams, compete in head-to-head elimination matches after being ranked in the qualifying round Archery was reintroduced to the Olympic Games in 1972. Stone arrowheads have been found in Mesolithic archaeological deposits from about 15,000 BC , and bowmen are depicted in the ancient art of the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as later in the art of the early civilizations. Until the introduction of gunpowder in the 14th century, bands of archers were to be found in every…