Australian athletes compete in horseback archery world championships in Mongolia

Bow and arrow at his side, horseback archer Don Woods would not look out of place in a medieval battlefield — but it is a far cry from his home on a station north of Cooktown, in far north Queensland.

It is also a long way from Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, where he is competing for the first time at the 2023 International Horse Archery Alliance (IHAA) World Championships, which started this week and run until September 10.

After a series of delays and setbacks arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's IHAA event has attracted more than 50 competitors from 20 countries

Horseback archery is exactly what it sounds like — athletes shoot arrows at targets up to 50 metres away, aiming for precision, speed, good form and a bullseye.

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Article written by: Bridget Herrmann and Brendan Mounter