Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square58fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down118
arrow-up1283arrow-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareJASN_DE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up133arrow-down1·edit-23 months 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-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·3 months agoBut… weren’t javelins originally designed to be dangerous?
minus-squareJASN_DE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up98arrow-down1·3 months agoTrue, but even the earliest commanders usually frowned on spears coming their way which were meant for the enemy.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·3 months agoYou were also supposed to be able to hit your target.
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoI’m not picky, any target is fine. Boar, pheasant, peasant, doesn’t matter.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·3 months 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-squareStaticFalconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoMuch like guns, so the Olympic sports of shooting has very little with most guns the average gun owner would have.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months 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.