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2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's Discus Throw
The women's discus throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Park, QEII Stadium on 22-23, 25 and 29 January. Medalists F12 The Women's discus throw, F12 was held on January 22 *The event included both F11 and F12 classified athletes: **F11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye, to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand. **F12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand, have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of less than 5 degrees. China's Liangmin Zhang set a world record for athletes with an F11 classification, with a throw of 40.42. Results Final Key: WR = World Record F35/36 The Women's discus throw, F35/36 was held on January 29 *F35/36 **F35 = good static balance, problems in dynamic balance, may need assistive devices for walking but not when standing or throwing, may have sufficient lower extremity function to do a run up when thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discus Throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiquity, ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue ''Discobolus''. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon. History The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the Ancient Olympic Games, original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The discus as a sport was resurrected in Magdeburg, Germany, by gymnastics teacher Christian Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the 1870s. Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the first modern competition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
