Which of the following terms is specifically associated with the javelin throw?

Correct — B. A javelin must come down inside the landing sector, the fan of white lines marked out from the arc at the end of the runway.

World Athletics rules set the javelin sector at 28.96°, narrower than the 34.92° used for the shot, discus and hammer.

Glide, spin and vault name techniques or events elsewhere in sport: option (b).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Glide — The glide is a shot put technique: the thrower slides backwards across the circle before the push. A javelin thrower runs up a runway instead.
• (c)
  Vault — Vault names the pole vault and a gymnastics apparatus. The javelin is thrown after a run-up, with no vault in it.
• (d)
  Spin — The spin is the rotational technique of the discus and of shot putters who turn in the circle. A javelin is thrown from a straight run-up on a runway, not from a turn.

Athletics has four throws: shot put, discus, hammer and javelin. The first three are thrown from a circle. The javelin is thrown from a runway that ends in a curved arc.

Every throw must land inside a marked landing sector. World Athletics sets it at 34.92° for the circle throws and 28.96° for the javelin.

Key facts

• The javelin landing sector is 28.96° under World Athletics technical rules.
• Shot put, discus and hammer use a 34.92° landing sector.
• The javelin is thrown from a runway ending in an arc, not from a circle.
• The glide and the rotational spin are the two shot put techniques.

Common traps

• Rejecting 'sector' because every throw has one: the other three terms do not belong to the javelin at all.
• Taking 'spin' for the javelin: rotation belongs to the discus and the shot put.

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