Each of the 12 women competing in the women’s javelin final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Friday had up to six potential attempts to get the furthest throw. China’s Liu Shiying, evidently, only ...

It’s a sport built to give chances to compete to athletes across the nation.... It looked like John Stiegeler’s first-place javelin throw would be one of the few bright spots for the Oregon ...

Of all throwing events the javelin requires of its master the most all-round athletic ability. The best men in javelin throwing have been, without exception, pentathlon men in their own country.

Rumesh Tharanga, former Sri Lankan fast bowler turned world-leading javelin thrower, aims for Olympic gold in 2036.