Athletes let fly their arrows during the archery finals of the 2nd National Youth Games in Yangquan city, in Shanxi province, on Aug 9. [Photo/Shanxi Daily]

A quiver-full of arrows and a clutch of bull's-eyes were the order of the day, when a total of 259 athletes took part in the archery finals of the 2nd National Youth Games in Yangquan city, in Shanxi province, on Aug 9-14. 

Throughout the six-day sport program, the athletes in 42 teams from 30 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region competed for 10 gold medals for individual, group and mixed events. 

In addition, eight teams including Yangquan Sports School were given sports ethics awards.