Long jump

Long jump history dates all the way back to the ancient Greek Olympic games where it formed part of the pentathlon. At this time it was the only jumping event that was inluded in the games and as such it is one of the oldest and most important of the track and field events.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_jump#History

2. http://www.livestrong.com/article/344569-history-of-the-long-jump/

This sport is growing fast in the UK. So, there are a lot of young athletes who want to gain height in this kind of spotrt.

The most famous long jumpers in Britain are:

                                                Chris Tomlinson                                                                      

          Jade Johnson

On this site you can read news about long jumping in UK :

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Athletics/Long+Jump 

You can find some informations about achievements of British athletes on the Olympic Games here:

1. http://thehoneyballbuzz.com/2012/01/28/britains-olympic-hopefuls-mary-rand-mbe/

2.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/2466393/British-long-jumper-Chris-Tomlinson-doubtful-for-Olympics.html

Sophia Kasenuyk

Throwing the javelin

This kind of sport has a really long history. It believed that the first javelin thrower was Hercules. Later, people started to do this and also expanded this term.

http://www.trackfieldevents.com/history/javelin-history

This kind of sport is quite developed in the UK. British government supports this sport, as basically a whole athletics. This is an individual sport. All athletes compete only for themselves and their country. The most famous British javelin throwers are:

                                                                David Parker

                                                                Clifton Green 

                                                                                               

Steven Turnock 

                                                                  Graham Moncur

You can find information about different competitions and athletes such on this site:

http://www.ukjav.com/

Here you can find information about throwing the javelin on the Olympic Games. There are also some British athletes who won these games in one of the years.

http://trackandfield.about.com/od/summerolympicgames/p/olymjavelin.htm

Natalia Gumeniuk