tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515044075021511437.post4174854399769242061..comments2024-01-03T12:39:41.874+01:00Comments on Rethinking Athletics: The javelin controversyVasilis Grammaticoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06942584702198342388noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515044075021511437.post-74685679404451039792020-08-26T12:28:16.729+02:002020-08-26T12:28:16.729+02:00In Finland, this technique was further refined int...In Finland, this technique was further refined into "Soap Style".<br /><br />Two Finnish Olympic gold medalists, Matti Järvinen and Tapio Rautavaara, studied the style, and Rautavaara ejected the javelin in 1956 84.80 m on his first try - he had won gold at London olympics 1948 with 69.78 m. Järvinen's idea was to soak his right hand and the tail of the javelin on liquid pine soap so the friction heat would not burn blisters on his hand.<br /><br />The barra vasca was the same for javelin what Fosbury flop was to high jump. The common reaction of the javelin community was appallment. "That's not how you are supposed to throw it!"<br /><br />The style was incredibly dangerous - only some 10% of the trajectories actually landed in the sector - and was prohibited almost immediately. But why not throw javelin with this style in the hammer cage? We might see trajectories far longer than what we see today.Ironmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980947020126620086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515044075021511437.post-88036138451196531872016-08-18T15:35:57.490+02:002016-08-18T15:35:57.490+02:00Excellent article!
For further information, look ...Excellent article!<br /><br />For further information, look for Basque rural sports, from which Eurasquin style was born. De la Quadra Salcedo was also a great journalist and his articles and TV shows are worth to watch.<br /><br />Nice to read you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965192535432189643noreply@blogger.com