fencing and javelin

• Fencing has been contested at every summer Olympic games, since the birth of the modern Olympic movement in 1896 summer Olympics.

• The weapon they use is called a foil. A foil is a light thrusting weapon. Double touches are allowed.

Fencing involves a lot of defence there are many techniques including blocking opponents attacks. You need to be very focused in this sport.

The rules of modern fencing originated in Spain, the book that was written was called the treaties of arms. The treaties of arms is the rule book on everything you need to know about how to fence . The book was written by Diego de Valera. Fencing is probably one of the oldest games in existence.

Javelin• The javelin throw is a track and field athletics

throwing event. The object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear which is 2.5 m in length. The part where they get a run up is 30-36.5m long. They get a good run up and then lean back and thrust their javelin in to the air. The world record for the javelin throw is 98.48 m the athlete was Jan Železný, the male world record holder. On the 25 May 1996, she was from jena, Germany. The place that held it was Atlanta in the united states. The female world record holder is Barbora Špotáková, her record is 72.28m, she is from Stuttgart, Germany. She threw

this on the 13 September 2008.

• The javelin throw was a game developed in ancient Greece from hunting and war, Despite the javelin's long history, the apparatus itself hasn't changed much in a few thousand years. Just like in ancient Greece, today the javelin throw is one of the original events in the Olympic Games. Javelin throwing was part of the pentathlon in the ancient Games, while today it's one of the track and field events.

Track And Field• Track and field events include throwing, running and jumping,. The

sports are held on the last couple of days of the Olympics. The concentration and determination is unbelievable. The sports they do are:

•Running events include: sprints 100m, 200m, 400m◦middle distance 800m, 1500m◦long distance 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m, 10,000m◦hurdles 110/100m, 400m◦ relays 4x100m, 4x400m •Jumping events include: Long Jump◦High Jump◦Triple Jump◦Pole Vault Throwing•Throwing events include: ◦ Discus◦ Shot Put◦Javelin◦ Hammer Throw