javelin

Betts kept an open mind when he first learned of teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s unique workout routine, which includes javelin throwing, yoga, and working with personal trainer Osamu Yada.

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

Katarina Johnson-Thompson continued her heptathlon preparation by competing in the javelin and shot put on day two, having contested the 100m hurdles on Saturday.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

Hayayei, who represented the United Arab Emirates at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, had been due to compete in the F34 shot put, discus and javelin events at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025

We took the first turn a foil chariot-length ahead of Clarisse, who was busy trying to fight off a javelin attack from the Stoll brothers in the Hermes chariot.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

On a grass field near the players’ parking lot, he watched Yamamoto throw javelins as part of his workout routine.

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

You will still zoom out after your javelins, but you will do so in a lackadaisical manner, and, eventually, people will start to notice.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2021

I saw spears, javelins, and banners—the trappings of an army.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan