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