• JASN_DE@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    To be fair: an athlete holding the spear by the end and hurling it… somewhere by accelerating it through rotating the body like a hammer thrower does sound slightly dangerous.

    Also, the farthest throw was actually 104.8 meters.

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        3 months ago

        True, but even the earliest commanders usually frowned on spears coming their way which were meant for the enemy.

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          3 months ago

          Yeah… but it might have been a good tactic for the really shitty javelin-throwers, so they could make up in range what they lacked in accuracy.

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        3 months ago

        Much like guns, so the Olympic sports of shooting has very little with most guns the average gun owner would have.

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          3 months ago

          This is true. That’s why you rarely see hunters use the hammer throw spinning technique used in Olympic shooting.