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javelin throw



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She set the school record for her javelin throw, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024

Kara Winger is the American record-holder in the javelin throw who just wrapped up her fourth Olympics.

From Fox News ● Aug. 9, 2021

Heptathlete Taliyah Brooks fainted before the javelin throw and had to be taken off the field in a wheelchair.

From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2021

Marra can still summon the muscle memory and enthusiasm to move like a much younger man when he demonstrates his ideal javelin throw.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2016

Fierce on the ships above, the cars below, These wield the mace, and those the javelin throw.

From The Iliad by Alexander Pope


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