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The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) ... the first Held javelins were also wooden with steel tips, ...
A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon. Today, the javelin is predominantly used for sporting purposes such as the javelin throw. The javelin is nearly always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles
Jereed, known by the name Equestrian Javelin (also jerreed, jerid, or jerrid; Turkish: Cirit) is a traditional Turkish equestrian team sport played outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score points by throwing a blunt wooden javelin at opposing team's horsemen.
The javelin would go out into the air and fall into the water like a whaler’s harpoon.” There were other diversions for the passengers: fine meals, movies in the evenings, sing-alongs and live ...
Egil Danielsen (9 November 1933 – 29 July 2019) was a Norwegian javelin thrower.He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won the gold medal in 1956. Danielsen, who used an old-type wooden javelin, did poorly in the 1956 final, which was led by his Polish friend Janusz Sidło.
The club throw is an athletic throwing event where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along with discus, javelin and shot put of the Summer Paralympics. It is the Paralympic equivalent of the hammer throw. [1] The club throw was introduced for both men and women at the first 1960 Summer ...
An assegai or assagai [a] [2] is a polearm used for throwing, usually a light spear or javelin made up of a wooden handle with an iron tip. Area of use
USA's Elija Godwin prepares to compete in the mixed 4x400m relay heats during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on July 30, 2021.