javelin

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The Venezuelans practically turned the art of the bat flip into a javelin toss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

Tessa Sanderson, who won women's javelin gold for Great Britain at the 1984 Olympics and is a Women in Sport ambassador, says the research is "truly heartbreaking".

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Hayayei, a father of five, finished sixth in the javelin and seventh in the shot put when making his Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

She was mistress of all the ways of warfare, unexcelled with the javelin and the two-edged ax as well as with the bow.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton