Propped up on her elbow as she reclined on another one of those harem pillow kinds of beds, Kris watched the javelin competition with keen interest.

She said Greece was planning for international sports events, including possible shot-put and javelin competitions in Ancient Olympia, where the shot-put was held with great reverence in August.

She competed for the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, where she won the silver medal in the women's javelin competition.

Some schools and some meets avoid javelin competition, especially in limited quarters.

In the javelin competition he finished 13th with a throw of 204' 9 " (62.42 m).

The javelin competition at the 1972 Games was the closest in Olympic history.

In 1906 he finished eighth in the javelin competition.

Thorkildsen also won the javelin competition of the 2008 IAAF Golden League in Zürich on 29 August.

She won the javelin competition with a best throw of 44.56 metres.

Born in Xinxiang in the province of Henan, she began taking part in javelin competitions as a teenager.