5. Today Olympics multi-events include decathlon and heptathlon. Decathlon is a 2-day contest for men, comprising 100m, 110m hurdles, 400m, 1500m, long jump, high jump, pole vault, shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw. The heptathlon is a contest for women, consisting of 100m ...
The track finals start at 1:35 p.m. ET and also include medal events in the women’s hammer throw, men’s long jump and women’s 3000-meter steeplechase. Wrestling Wrestling began Monday, and we’ll see the first medals handed out Tuesday. We knew coming into the Olympics that Amit...
Olympics medal trackerTop Olympic eventsGymnastics (women's balance beam final -- 4:53 a.m. Tuesday):Guess who's back. An early morning tweet, and just like that, Simone Biles is back for a shot at gold in the last event for the women's gymnastics program. Biles won the bronze...
ET, and don’t tune in late because it’ll be over in less than 10 seconds. The other gold medals that’ll be awarded during the afternoon track and field session are the men’s hammer throw and women’s high jump. Golf Sunday is the final round of the men’s golf tournament, and...
【推荐2】Are athletes nearing the limits of what’s possible? Are they struggling to break records? The hammer throw (链球), for example, hasn’t seen a new world record since 1986. Yet, athletes frequently outdo themselves in other sports, such as the 400-metre sprint. Although professio...
the good stuff and also all the oozing sores - may seem so very important. And, of course, each thing has its own integrity. This integrity is most fully honored in unpacking the saddlebags, pulling off the blinders. Throw the blinders out the window. That's the spirit of Zen that ...
What is a curling hammer? A hammer is the last shot of an end. A coin toss at the beginning of the game determines who shoots first in the opening end. The winning team in an end shoots first in the subsequent end, while the other team gets the hammer. If no...
Proudhammer has a heart attack on stage. Published in 1968, and panned by critics but widely read, "Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone" is an incredibly intense coming of age story set the 1930s and 1940s about racial prejudice, the American experiment, family, faith and sexuality....
What is curling is a common question for people seeing the sport on TV, but we've broken down everything you need to know about the Winter Olympics event.
Throws (Javelin, Discus, Hammer, Shot Put) If the jumps test an athlete’s body flexibility, throws are the measure of their body strength, which is why most throwers have a bulky frame. All throwing events are pretty simple - competitors aim to throw their r...