What Role Does Discus Play In Ancient Greek

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Caroline Thomas
Mrs. Raney
5th Period
22 February 2017

Discus Flying through the air like a flying saucer, the discus and the athletes ability to throw it has been studied and changed over hundreds of years. The famous game of discus throwing dates back to Ancient Greece, where the game was appreciated for its presentation of an athletes preciseness and arrangement, combined with their natural power. In Ancient Greece, the discus was thought to be one of the most effortless event. The first Olympics were held in 776 BC, which involved the discus throw. Discus throwing was one of the five events of the pentathlon. The pentathlon combined all of the scores of the discus, javelin, station race, long jump, and wrestling. The winners of the Olympic Games were treated as
Throwing a discus successfully takes a good amount of coordination and strength. In today's competitions, the discus must be thrown from a circle that is two and one half meters in diameter and must drop within the 34.92 degree region marked on the ground from the center of the throwing circle. The throwing sector line should be continued for sixty meters. The discus field always includes a moveable netted cage at the back and the sides of the discus circle. The cage is at least four meters high. The structure and the durability of the cage should be able to capture a disc coming at a speed of twenty-five meters per second. There shouldn't be any threat of rebounding the disc from the cage. The discus used in the Ancient Olympics were made out of stone. The discus has a circular shape with the top curved and the bottom flat. In the olympics, the men's discus weighs 4.4 pounds, eleven ounces heavier than the men's high school discus. The discus weighs 2.2 pounds for women in high school and in the olympics. In any competition, a throw of 130 feet is decent; 150 feet is acceptable and 170 feet or better is great. In high school competitions, athletes