Dopo averlo sognato per tantissimi anni, finalmente ho potuto assistere di persona alla famosa gara indoor di Las Vegas, quella che è ancora oggi la gara con il maggior numero di partecipanti al mondo, quasi 1500.
Certo, Las Vegas non è un semplice gara, ma per gli americani è l’Evento per eccellenza, la gara dove si ritrovano i campioni, dove si vedono i nuovi materiali e dove soprattutto si va a divertirsi nel tempo libero tra una sessione di tiro e un’altra.
La gara di Nimes si è spesso presented with the ambition to become the Las Vegas of Europe and now we certainly succeeded, but has gone one step further: it has far exceeded Las Vegas as a quality event, even if not by number of participants.
I must say frankly, the race in Las Vegas compared to Nimes I thought that was little more than a ciofeche. So many people, but little more than squalid locations, with those great halls of the hotel with carpets on the floor flourishes, little information on the results, confined spaces and low to the ground with the butt targets attacked at random by the participants themselves. Then, the absurdity of "Freccione" beyond any reasonable targets and the damage steal points otherwise non-existent line.
Finally, an awards ceremony to the limits of the ridiculous, with the stage floor with representatives of the sponsors and above the call of the only winners in each division, which were handed over "assegnoni" organizers and sponsors, with the official license of the race but were then withdrawn at the table directly by the winners of the organization.
In Las Vegas also apply the rules of the NFAA shooting, which is quite different from those of FITA. Apart from the limit of the bolts, the distance is 20 yards (just over 18 meters), the time for three arrows is 2 ½ minutes, and they pull for each set of 30 arrows, 15 arrows at the top and bottom fifteen, arriving early in the race for first attaching the plate where he likes and those that follow fill the butt assigned. If the targets are destroyed, the archers change them yourself (the new ones are under the butt). The triple triangular plates also have a gray background on the back 40 cm from the target individual, then the archer decides for itself whether to use a (front) or the other (back).
clothing rules simply do not exist, with people pulling in the boots or flip flops, almost all made from blue jeans and the shirt of their main sponsor.
Tom Dielen, Secretary General FITA, pulling the shirt of the Olympic Hoyt. I asked him if he thought this was the clothing in the future races. "Probilmente yes, except the Olympics," she said.
The end of the first World Archery Challenge, the combination of Nimes and Las Vegas, was organized by FITA suddenly, of course, using what is available locally.
butt so low to the ground, a visual triangle and no limit of 9.3 mm for the arrows so you can use the same equipment of the race. She did not come evil for those who understand the rules, aside from the lack of understanding in the play-off between Ryals and Cousins \u200b\u200bfor third compound Ryals, where he lost to titrate on the spot instead of 1 to 2. But who knew the rules in the audience was clearly a minority, and even fewer were those who understood what it was this race, also advertised locally zero. Well as the awarding of the World Archery Challenge is over with the other, with only the first called to take the assegnoni with those of the main race and no podium, and then complete any final photo of the winners and placed in the Challenge.
all negative then? Surely a race far from the taste and habits of Europeans, a race from another planet really tastes for aliens.
Yoshi Komatsu, editor of Japanese Archery, constant figure among the photographers of all international competition has always been my question to compare with Nimes Las Vegas told me very simply that as a race Nimes was definitely winning, but when that came out of the race in Nimes, however, did not you .... Las Vegas.
Already, Americans have for decades their archery event every year in Las Vegas, with many elements in common with Nimes many participants, three days of competition for all, the probability of rewards for all, trade fairs, many samples to be admired ( that is for a lot of money to win). In less have much fewer rules (and I envy them), a very superficial attention to detail and a location far worse, but most offer participants the city of Las Vegas, a colossal carnival - casino open 24 hours and 24 unique. For this reason, Las Vegas event will be as unique and forever unattainable.
countries, different event that you find!
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