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====Discus throw====
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[[File:Zoltan Kovago o.jpg|thumb|[[Zoltán Kővágó]] preparing to spin and throw in [[discus throw]]]]
In the [[discus throw]], athletes compete to throw a heavy [[disc (mathematics)|disc]] the farthest. In standard competitions, athletes throw the disc from a set circular arc and take turns in a series of throw, with the singular best effort deciding the victor. As one of the events within the ancient pentathlon, the history of the discus throw dates back to 708 BC.<ref name=Miller61>Miller, Steven G. (2004). ''Ancient Greek Athletics''. Pg. 61. Yale University. {{ISBN|0-300-11529-6}}.</ref> In ancient times a heavy circular disc was thrown from a set standing position on a small [[pedestal]], and it was this style that was revived for the 1896 Olympics.<ref name=IAAFDT>[http://www.iaaf.org/community/athletics/trackfield/newsid=9437.html Discus Throw – Introduction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122203019/http://www.iaaf.org/community/athletics/trackfield/newsid=9437.html |date=22 November 2011 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 11 May 2010.</ref> This continued until the [[1906 Intercalated Games]] in Athens, which featured both the ancient style and the increasingly popular modern style of turning and throwing. By the 1912 Olympics, the ancient standing throw style had fallen into disuse and contests starting within a 2.5&nbsp;m squared throwing area became the standard.<ref>Murphy, Colm (1999). [http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv7n1/JOHv7n1g.pdf The Greek Discus Event]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808024524/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv7n1/JOHv7n1g.pdf |date=8 August 2010 }}. ''[[Journal of Olympic History]]'', Winter 1999 (pg. 3). Retrieved on 11 May 2010.</ref> The discus implement was standardised to {{convert|2|kg|lb|abbr=on}} in weight and {{convert|22|cm|in|abbr=on}} in diameter in 1907.<ref name=IAAFDT /> The women's discus was among the first women's events on the Olympic programme, being introduced in 1928.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Mike |url=http://trackandfield.about.com/od/discus/ss/illusdiscus_3.htm |title=An Illustrated History of Discus – Women join Olympics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528101507/http://trackandfield.about.com/od/discus/ss/illusdiscus_3.htm |archive-date=28 May 2009 |url-status=usurped |website=About |access-date=11 May 2010}}</ref> The first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body was Czech athlete [[František Janda-Suk]], who invented the technique when studying the position of the famous statue of Discobolus and won the 1900 Olympic silver medal.