javelin throw
Athletic spear launch
The javelin throw is a track and field event in which athletes hurl a spear-like implement for distance.
Competitors take a running approach before releasing the javelin, which must land point-first within a marked sector.
One of the oldest athletic competitions, it appears in both men's and women's Olympic programs: She set a personal best in the javelin throw.
- release pointWhere projectile departs hand
- projectile motionParabolic path under gravity
- pentathlonFive-event athletic competition
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- ancient sportsGames from antiquity
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- athleticsrunning, basketball, jumping, football, sprinting
- sporting eventsrace, game, match, games, final
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- Ancient OlympiaOlympia, Temple of Zeus, stadium, Olympic Games, Zeus
- field eventsshot put, high jump, long jump, triple jump, pole vault
javelin throwmarathon
Long-distance footrace
high jump · long jump · sprinting · pole vault · hurdles
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