Press Release: Para-Archery classification rules

This means that a number of athletes, some of whom may have won medals at the London Paralympics or the last World Para-Archery Championships in Turin, will no longer be eligible to compete internationally in Para-Archery competitions.

However, all registered World Archery competitions are open to all athletes including those with physical disabilities who do not fulfil the new requirements. Any assistive device that is on their classification card can still be used in open competitions and the Judges and Member Associations will be clearly instructed in this way.

World Archery publicly states that at no time should any of these athletes be challenged in a negative way. They obeyed the rules and won their medals fairly as a result of hard work over many years. World Archery is proud of what they have done. It is simply a fact that the classification rules for Para-Archery have changed.

World Archery looks forward to welcoming these athletes into the open competitions as we seek to make our sport more inclusive.

World Archery Communication