The birth of competitive throwing The javelin throw gained prominence in ancient Greece, becoming a key event in the Olympic Games around 708 BC as part of the pentathlon. Athletes competed not ...

Chari Hawkins US Heptathlete in the Paris Olympics had disaster strike day one on her event. She failed to clear the high ...

The original pentathlon–beginning in Greece–consisted of the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw ... its Olympic debut at ...

Everybody was calling out my name and throwing their hats in the air …” The victory was euphoric to the Greeks and University ...

PARIS--Haruka Kitaguchi became the first female athlete from Japan to capture an Olympic gold medal in track and field events except for marathon when she won the javelin throw at the Paris Games.

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem will play final of the Javelin Throw event tonight in ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. The event will start at twenty five minutes past eleven at night. Meanwhile, United States ...

Double Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra announced the start of an exciting new chapter in his career on Saturday as he partner with Javelin legend ... 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games and has five ...

Lucknow: Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra ... “Nothing was wrong, everything was right. The throw was also good. Getting a silver (medal) in the Olympics is also not a small thing.

PARIS--Haruka Kitaguchi won the women's javelin on Saturday with her first throw of 65.80 metres to earn Japan's first gold medal in the event. South Africa's Jo-Ane van Dyk and Czech Republic's ...

Gold eluded defending champion Neeraj Chopra as he signed off with a silver in the Olympics men's javelin throw event, while Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem bossed the field with a new Games record of 92 ...