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Liu Shiying
Javelin illustration.
Neeraj Chopra competing at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games
Ruth Fuchs
Heptathlon champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Daley Thompson at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games
Galina Zybina
Ancient Olympic Games
See a comparative study of four Olympic hurling objects - the hammer, the javelin, the discus, and the shot put
Study a side-view demonstration of a track-and-field athlete throwing a javelin
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Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra
Indian athlete
Arshad Nadeem aiming for gold
Arshad Nadeem
Pakistani track-and-field athlete
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American athlete
Olympic gold medal winner Liu Shiying
Liu Shiying
Chinese track-and-field athlete
Ruth Fuchs
Ruth Fuchs
German athlete
Eric Lemming
Swedish athlete
Galina Zybina
Galina Zybina
Soviet athlete

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