the javelin
noun
: a sporting event in which people compete by trying to throw a long spear (called a javelin) farther than everyone else
winner of the javelin
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias competed at the historic stadium during the 1932 Summer Games, winning the javelin and hurdles.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Winger retired shortly after winning a silver medal at world championships in Eugene in 2022, but recently decided to start throwing the javelin again.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
Listen to this article FIRST TEAM Bradley Cooper, Javelin, Atlantic Christian senior: Took second place at state with a personal-best throw of 168-4 in the javelin; won district and regional titles; also finished second in the county championships; also plays baseball.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Senior Jacob Walters won the javelin (188-8) and Hall won the 4×800.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2024
After winning Olympic gold in Tokyo three years ago – the first Asian athlete to do so in the javelin – Chopra was crowned world champion in Budapest last year, becoming the first Indian to win a world title in a track and field event of any kind.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
He was struck down by the javelin of Zar’a Ya’eqob himself, who claimed to rely only on the protection of the Virgin.
—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
Junior Delia Moloney earned two points in the shot put (31-03), and junior Meadow O’Connell earned three points in the javelin throw (105-00).
—Lenny Rowe, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
While her daughters, now 42 and 39, went to the Ohio high school state finals in shot put and discus, the javelin and hammer throws are relatively new to Beacham, who enthusiastically picked up and worked on those skills.
—cleveland, 13 July 2023
Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Winger retired shortly after winning a silver medal at world championships in Eugene in 2022, but recently decided to start throwing the javelin again.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
Listen to this article FIRST TEAM Bradley Cooper, Javelin, Atlantic Christian senior: Took second place at state with a personal-best throw of 168-4 in the javelin; won district and regional titles; also finished second in the county championships; also plays baseball.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Senior Jacob Walters won the javelin (188-8) and Hall won the 4×800.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2024
After winning Olympic gold in Tokyo three years ago – the first Asian athlete to do so in the javelin – Chopra was crowned world champion in Budapest last year, becoming the first Indian to win a world title in a track and field event of any kind.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
He was struck down by the javelin of Zar’a Ya’eqob himself, who claimed to rely only on the protection of the Virgin.
—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
Junior Delia Moloney earned two points in the shot put (31-03), and junior Meadow O’Connell earned three points in the javelin throw (105-00).
—Lenny Rowe, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
While her daughters, now 42 and 39, went to the Ohio high school state finals in shot put and discus, the javelin and hammer throws are relatively new to Beacham, who enthusiastically picked up and worked on those skills.
—cleveland, 13 July 2023
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