#discus throwing

[justineportraits]

Alexander Samokhvalov Discus thrower 1930s.

[tracksuitlesbian]

How do you discover you're good at Discus

[lizzythebeesarestingingmeee]

It's amazing how 4 years of volleyball has done nothing for me other than give me the knees of a 60 year old, but throwing has made me into an ox.

[peacemore-springs]

Odysseus, Discus, and William Morris

Did you know: The sporting event of Discus was known in the days of the Greek poet Homer, who mentions it in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, and it was one of five events included in the pentathlon in the ancient Olympic Games. Throwing the discus was introduced as an event in modern athletics when the Olympic Games were revived at Athens in 1896.

Odysseus, ragged and unrecognised on his long journey home, used his prowess as a discus thrower to prove his credentials as a true Greek and person of quality to his sceptical hosts.

Although it was not a major event in ancient Greek athletics, where it only existed as one of the elements of the pentathlon, it has a special place in modern athletics as the only event with purely Hellenistic roots. Boxing, wrestling, running and equestrianism may have all been more important to the Greeks, but they shared them with many other cultures; the discus was theirs alone.

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A truly Greek sporting event.

Did you know: the famed artisan and craftsman William Morris, who introduced art nouveau, fantasy genre, socialism, and communal back gardens to British city culture, during the same year as discus was being reintroduced as an event at the 1896 Athens Olympic Games, moved on from his trappings of London society?

[fitnessinmyheart]

Athletics competition/ track meet/ whatever you wanna call it

So, i had this athletics competition today and it went really well :) The first thing I competed in was long jump but that didnt went well :/ Then I did shot put and I’ve got a PR :D The last thing I did was discus throwing which I only practiced once and I threw 15.06m which is also a PR It was just a really good day for me :)

[whiteivoryrose]

Being told that my discus form is so good that if I put on 50 pounds I could get into all conference definitely made my day. After consistently throwing below average, it made me feel a lot better :)

[boohugshaz-blog]

AAAAND ANOTHER ONE!

GERD, YOU FANTASTIC MAN! PROUD AGAIN!

Gold in Beijing, bronze in London. You deserve all of it.

Now, lets head to RIOOO! FUCK YEAH.