Ariana Ince, 35, is an engineer, 2021 Olympic javelin thrower and bronze medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games. She can heave a 600-gram (21-ounce) javelin more than 200 feet, thanks in large ...

Ariana Ince, 35, is an engineer, 2021 Olympic javelin thrower and bronze medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games. She can heave a 600-gram (21-ounce) javelin more than 200 feet, thanks in large ...

The pandemic has forced many athletes to modify their training. Olympian Kara Winger talks to NPR's Scott Simon about the backyard "muscle deck" she created to hone her javelin throwing.

To call Roald Bradstock a veteran of the men's javelin would be an understatement. The 46-year-old has been dubbed the "Olympic Picasso" because the 1984 Olympian also is a noted artist. And on ...

I didn't even know javelin existed," said Rhiannon Genilla, a Fresno State javelin thrower. Genilla is still relatively new to her sport. "I played volleyball, basketball, and softball," Genilla said.

Dana Zatopkova, who won the women’s javelin throw for Czechoslovakia in the 1952 Olympics an hour after her husband, Emil Zatopek, won the men’s 5,000-meter run, died on Friday in Prague.She ...

Sure enough, he hurled the javelin 305 feet, longer than the distance between the goal lines of a football field, to set an Olympic record. That earned him a gold medal and his moment with the ...