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The AMC Javelin is an American ... Despite management's insistence on things like good trunk space and ... The original plan was to have all Donohue Javelins built in ...
A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon. ... (Picea) trunk and were between 1.83 and 2.25 metres (6.0 and 7.4 ft ...
Setting the American javelin record in 1945 and 1947, Seymour is regarded by track and field historians as America's original javelin technician. [2] [3] [1] Seymour, who was of Jewish heritage, was actually born Seymour Cohen in New York, but in his mid-20's changed his name to Stephen Seymour to avoid anti-Semitism. [1] [3]
The first world record in the men's javelin throw was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [ 1 ] As of 21 June 2009, 46 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [ 1 ]
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
The Men's javelin throw, F33/34 was held on January 27 Classification F33/34 F33: some degree of trunk movement when pushing a wheelchair, forward trunk movement limited during forceful pushing. Throwing movements mainly from the arm. Compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.
Held continues to compete in masters competitions. In 1970, Held set a United States national masters javelin record of 229 ft 3 in (69.88 m). [2] On October 4, 2008, at the Club West Masters Track meet in Santa Barbara, Held set the age 80+ World Record in the pole vault [7] adding to the M75 World Record he already holds.
The soliferrum was an extremely effective heavy javelin. The weight and the density of the weapon's iron shaft, its small diameter and its narrow tip gave the soliferrum excellent armor-piercing capacity at close range and enabled it to penetrate even heavy shields.