Don_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 month agoTIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square58arrow-up1306arrow-down118
arrow-up1288arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square58
minus-square@JASN_DElinkEnglish132•edit-21 month agoTo be fair: an athlete holding the spear by the end and hurling it… somewhere by accelerating it through rotating the body like a hammer thrower does sound slightly dangerous. Also, the farthest throw was actually 104.8 meters.
minus-square@AbouBenAdhemlinkEnglish70•1 month agoBut… weren’t javelins originally designed to be dangerous?
minus-square@JASN_DElinkEnglish97•1 month agoTrue, but even the earliest commanders usually frowned on spears coming their way which were meant for the enemy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish51•1 month agoYou were also supposed to be able to hit your target.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 month agoI’m not picky, any target is fine. Boar, pheasant, peasant, doesn’t matter.
minus-square@AbouBenAdhemlinkEnglish6•1 month agoYeah… but it might have been a good tactic for the really shitty javelin-throwers, so they could make up in range what they lacked in accuracy.
minus-square@StaticFalconarlinkEnglish13•1 month agoMuch like guns, so the Olympic sports of shooting has very little with most guns the average gun owner would have.
minus-square@PlopplinkEnglish13•1 month agoThis is true. That’s why you rarely see hunters use the hammer throw spinning technique used in Olympic shooting.
To be fair: an athlete holding the spear by the end and hurling it… somewhere by accelerating it through rotating the body like a hammer thrower does sound slightly dangerous.
Also, the farthest throw was actually 104.8 meters.
But… weren’t javelins originally designed to be dangerous?
True, but even the earliest commanders usually frowned on spears coming their way which were meant for the enemy.
You were also supposed to be able to hit your target.
I’m not picky, any target is fine. Boar, pheasant, peasant, doesn’t matter.
Yeah… but it might have been a good tactic for the really shitty javelin-throwers, so they could make up in range what they lacked in accuracy.
Much like guns, so the Olympic sports of shooting has very little with most guns the average gun owner would have.
This is true. That’s why you rarely see hunters use the hammer throw spinning technique used in Olympic shooting.