which left her short of qualification until with a mighty final effort she drew out a 64.89m/212ft+ automatic qualification. The defending Olympic Champion, American Stephanie Brown-Trafton, struggled in her first two throws during the qualification round with a best of only 61.09/200ft+. See below for a side-by-side comparison on Perkovic and Pishchalnikova: That throw allowed her to pass China’s 2011 World Champion Yanfeng Li whose 67.22m/220ft+ had held second position since the second round of throws. Below is a look at Perkovic’s beginning motion:ĭarya Pishchalnikova from Russia, the world leader in this event coming into the Olympics, won the silver with a best throw of 67.56m/221ft+ on her fifth throw. Perkovic had two throws longer than any other competitor and her winning throw was the longest in this event since the 1996 Olympics. How do the throwers recover after the throw and stay in the ring? Imagine creating all that force which is propelling you after the disc but you need to stay in the circle.Ĭroatia’s Sandra Perkovic won her country’s first-ever Olympic track and field gold medal in the women’s discus with a national record of 69.11m/226ft+. The discus throw (pronunciation), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disccalled a discusin an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors.And watch the discus fly-it is a miniature airplane wing. The path of the discus-it should be level in the back of the circle and brought up to a high point during the sprint turn-this is in order to have gravity help accelerate it during the throw phase.Of note, I often tell throwers they are sprinters too but smart ones whose races are only 8ft long! To the untrained eye, it may look like they are jumping-they are not-just a powerful sprint step. The sprint turn out of the back of the circle where the thrower accelerates their body with a sprint step to the center of the circle.If the thrower moves too quickly from the back of the circle it can very easily upset their balance and ability to get themselves into a good throwing position. The thrower’s tempo through their turn and throw as it should be slow to fast to maximize acceleration of the disc at release.
Keys things to watch for in a discus throw are:
It reminds me of ballet but the stage is much smaller with the ring being 8ft in diameter. Much like the hammer throw, the discus is an event that demands great speed, balance and of course, strength. If the discus is thrown so as to create an angle of attack, causing the air moving over the top of the discus to travel faster that the air below, the slower.
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