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It has been announced today (24 March) that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed ‘no later than summer 2021' to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Games and the international community during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).

UK Sport, the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the British Paralympic Association (BPA) will host a conference call with the Chief Executives and Performance Directors of summer Olympic and Paralympic sports on Tuesday 24 March, 2020.

This is a difficult time for everyone, here is some information to hopefully help ease some worries.

The NSPCC Childline has issued the following message.

Understandably we receive a large number of questions regarding the Returning to Archery guidance. We urge you to please follow our guidance so we can play our part in the fight against coronavirus.

Unfortunately, Archery GB has had to make the difficult decision to close entry to the below events.

We cannot emphasise strongly enough that our advice is for all archery activity in the UK to be postponed to stop all non essential contact for the foreseeable future. This decision is based on government advice and not on the advice of our insurers.

Helen Sharpe, a Club Ambassador, shares her first-year journey as an Ambassador, what they've got up to, what it means to her to be an Archery GB Ambassador.

We are advising that all archery in the UK is postponed for the foreseeable future, to reduce all non-essential contact with others. Our priority is the health and safety of our members, participants, volunteers and staff.

As you will all be experiencing, there is a huge amount of uncertainty across the country in relation to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Having carefully monitored the ongoing impact of the Coronavirus, and in line with the latest recommendations from the UK Government, Archery GB has made a number of decisions that will impact our sport.

Izzy Carpenter has represented the GB Compound Youth Team since 2014. Since then, she has won Women's Team silver at the World Youth Championships in 2017, Mixed Team bronze and Women's Team gold at the 2018 European Youth Championships. Izzy explains why shooting in a Team dynamic is essential to archery.

The government announced yesterday that we are moving from the ‘contain' phase into the ‘delay' stage in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This means that the UK Chief Medical Officers have now raised the risk to the UK from moderate to high.

This year there were 2169 scores submitted for the January Challenge...now it's time for results!

Alex Newnes is a frequent medalist at National events, field, target and 3D. For Improve Your Game this week, Alex breakdowns the different ways to aim with an English Longbow.

To mark International Women's Day on 8 March - when female social, economic, cultural and political achievements will be celebrated - Team GB will be celebrating the past, present and future of British Olympic females and tie the day to their Tokyo 2020 marketing campaign, This Is What Makes Us, which seeks to celebrate gender equality and the history-making achievements of our female Olympians.