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-square54fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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-square54fedilink
minus-squareJASN_DE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoTo be fair: an athlete holding the spear at the end and hurling it… somewhere by accelerating it through rotating the body like a hammer thrower does sound slightly dangerous.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBut… weren’t javelins originally designed to be dangerous?
minus-squareStaticFalconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 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-up0·3 months agoThis is true. That’s why you rarely see hunters use the hammer throw spinning technique used in Olympic shooting.
minus-squareJASN_DE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoTrue, but even the earliest commanders usually frowned on spears coming their way which were meant for the enemy.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYou were also supposed to be able to hit your target.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 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-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI’m not picky, any target is fine. Boar, pheasant, peasant, doesn’t matter.
To be fair: an athlete holding the spear at the end and hurling it… somewhere by accelerating it through rotating the body like a hammer thrower does sound slightly dangerous.
But… weren’t javelins originally designed to be dangerous?
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.
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.
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.
I’m not picky, any target is fine. Boar, pheasant, peasant, doesn’t matter.