Thimphu, Bhutan, May 11, 2021: Bhutanese archer Karma warmed up for the Tokyo Olympics by achieving her sport’s most difficult feat in practice last week.
Karma, 30, performed the shot known as the Robin Hood – firing an arrow into another arrow that is already stuck in the centre of the target, splitting it down the middle as in the traditional tale of the legendary archer.
The Bhutan Archery Federation posted on its Facebook page: “The impressive shot is similar to that of a golfer managing to get two holes in one on the same round of golf.”
The chances of archers making a rare Robin Hood are 1 in 3,000.
Her feat was also celebrated by the Bhutan Olympic Committee and World Archery.
Karma became the first athlete from Bhutan to qualify for an Olympic Games when she won a women’s archery spot for Tokyo during the Asian continental qualification tournament held in Bangkok in 2019.
Bhutan has competed in every Olympic archery tournament since Los Angeles in 1984 but always on IOC universality invitations. These invitations are awarded to developing sporting nations to ensure diversity at the Games. Karma had one of these free tickets for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Today, she is returning to the Olympics under her own steam and, with her Robin Hood feat, the rest of the field had better watch out for Bhutan’s Maid Marian.
