javelin
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The heptathlon continues later with the shot put and 200m events completing the first day of competition, before the long jump, javelin and 800m take place on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“My goal was to for the gold first, then the mark,” said Massey, who will continue throwing at Oregon and may even compete in hammer and javelin.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Look no further than shortstop Mookie Betts this week lauding the effects of throwing a javelin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
It’s like golf, except a player can’t javelin his clubs into a water hazard or pitch a 15-pound orb across six alleys, even if he could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
His javelin slammed into the earth where Artemis had been a split second before, and a fissure opened in the rocks.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
Yamamoto picked up his javelins and carried them back to the clubhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
Perhaps harassed by Neanderthals throwing wooden javelins, the angle of the injury shows the lion was lying on its side when the killing blow came.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
Scaffolding supports large depictions of hands, as well as javelins “which go through the hands like a needle at giant scale, representing acupuncture pressure points,” Tajima said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
As a field support robot, you are charged with retrieving hammers and javelins and other thrown objects during the field events.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2021
Despite the javelins pointed at me, it wasn’t the bear twins who scared me.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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