Recurve bow rules in world archery competition

Getting into archery would seem like having to obtain equipment specific to individuals. Example, the bow string, the size of limbs and riser, the length of arrows and their accessories. Things seem so open to what's needed, especially to the beginner. I am not an expert at competitions and such, but am interested to recognise the general understanding of terms. It does help to identify what is my style of shooting and relate it to terms being used in the field of archery.

Well, one could have more focus by looking at what rules have been set aside in world archery competition to determine the style of shooting as recurve or barebow. Fortunately, the have made all this available online at world archery.

The term recurve is more commonly referring to Olympics recurve where they have lots of accessories such as sights, stabilizer bars, clickers to aid in shooting.

Barebow style is also known as gap shooting. I guess its the way one needs to consciously make a gap from the target when aiming. The bow should not have markers that aid in aiming, and no parts should extend beyond their measuring device with a 12.2 cm diameter ring.

Here are extracts from those document.

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The equipment list

Here are the list of equipment in hand. Have a sight, but style adopted seems more inclined towards barebow style.

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Barebow bow weight

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