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What is Shoot-off in Archery?

The sudden-death tie-breaker: each archer (or each team member) shoots one arrow, and if scores tie, the arrow closest to the centre wins, measured to the millimetre. It decides 5-5 recurve matches and tied compound matches.

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Recurve bowCompound bowBarebowSet systemSet pointCumulative scoringClosest to centreRanking round
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