Th purpose of this study was to analyse by correlational methods the biomechanical factors involved in achieving the maximal distance thrown in the javelin event. Twelve Swiss decathletes and two ...

India dominated the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, led by Paralympic champion Sumit Antil, who won javelin gold with a 69.25m throw, ahead of compatriots Pushpendra Singh and Poonam Ram. Antil said ...

India''s two time Paralympics gold medallist Sumit Antil has said that he is working towards breaching the 75 meter mark, a distance no athlete in his classification has achieved thus far.

KATHRYN Mitchell may have tossed out elements of her javelin throwing technique since last year’s Commonwealth Games in Dehli.But that hasn’t stopped her from throwing a winning javelin in her first ...

Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is working to perfect his new technique under coach Jan Zelezny. He aims to improve consistency to throw bigger distances.

Sumit Antil is chasing the 75m mark, a distance no para javelin thrower has achieved. He won gold at the 2026 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in New Delhi with a throw of 69.25m and has remained undef ...

New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): India delivered an exceptional performance on day-2 of the New Delhi 2026 World Para Athletics Grand Prix, securing multiple podium finishes across track and field ...

Missouri added javelin as an official event for high school track and field when Braden Presser was a freshman. He thought throwing an 8 1/2-foot spear sounded fun and challenging and took up the ...

Javelin thrower Leryn Franco placed 51st in the 2008 Olympics, yet she finished only behind Michael Phelps among Yahoo! searches for Olympic athletes during the Games. It's clear that the 30-year-old ...