He's only partially blind - he can see the target, though not much else. I watched an interview with one of his team-mates, who basically said that his sight limitation was an advantage, since he had no visual distractions once he was fixed on the target.
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Date: 2012-07-27 11:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-07-28 01:15 am (UTC)http://www.hiyoooo.com/
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Date: 2012-07-28 03:56 am (UTC)Basically, the maximum POSSIBLE score is 720 - 72 bullseyes, fired from 70 meters away. He broke the world record by totalling 699.
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Date: 2012-07-28 04:17 am (UTC)-- Steve's amazed. This "zen archer" thing may have a point after all.
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Date: 2012-07-28 08:37 am (UTC)