Since finishing seventh at the 2019 World Championships, the 2014 world U20 silver medallist has stepped up a notch. With her recent 70.01m performance at the US Trials in Eugene, dancer-turned-discus-thrower Valarie Allman has proved that her national record throw of 70.15m set last year was no fluke. Replicating those same performances on a bigger stage is another. Producing a big mark at a small meet is one thing. Earlier this year the four-time world champion threw 19.65m – her best throw since August 2016 – and will surely be a contender once she steps into the circle in Tokyo. The postponement of the Olympic Games may have worked in Adams’ favour as it has given her extra time to regain her best form. Adams returned to action in 2018 and earned silver at the Commonwealth Games, but then sat out the 2019 season after giving birth to her second child, a son named Kepalili, in March that year. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Kimoana, in October 2017. The shot put legend from New Zealand has featured on the podium at the past three Olympic Games, but much has changed since Adams took silver in Rio in 2016. Now it’s the turn of the shot put and discus. So far we have looked at the sprints, middle-distance, long distance, hurdles and steeplechase, vertical jumps and horizontal jumps. ![]() But they all have fascinating stories that will be worth following as the Games draw ever closer.Įvery 10 days we’re profiling 10 new athletes, each time focusing on a different area of the sport. Some are known athletics stars, some are gold medal favourites, others will be outsiders. Please send us your comments.As the countdown to the Tokyo Olympics continues, we add to our series highlighting 100 ones to watch in the lead-up to the Games. This exhibit is a subset of materials from the Perseus Project database and is copyrighted. To read more about these topics, see Further Resources. Jump weights also doubled as weight lifting equipment during training. Side A: diskos bag and halteres above wrestlers The halteres were held in front of the athlete during his ascent, and forcibly thrust behind his back and dropped during his descent to help propel his body further. Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of Harvard University Art MuseumsĪthletes used lead or stone jump weights ( halteres) shaped like telephone receivers to increase the length of their jump. Side B: youth with javelin, from the waist up It had a thong for a hurler's fingers attached to its center of gravity, which increased the precision and distance of a javelin's flight. ![]() ![]() The javelin was a man-high length of wood, with either a sharpened end or an attached metal point. With permission of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sizes varied, since the boys' division was not expected to throw the same weight as the mens'.įrom Caskey & Beazley, plate XXXVII. The discus was made of stone, iron, bronze, or lead, and was shaped like a flying saucer. The ancient Greeks considered the rhythm and precision of an athlete throwing the discus as important as his strength. Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston This was a 5-event combination of discus, javelin, jumping, running and wrestling.Īristotle describes a young man's ultimate physical beauty: "a body capable of enduring all efforts, either of the racecourse or of bodily strength.This is why the athletes in the pentathlon are most beautiful." (Aristotle, Rhetoric 1361b) Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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