Fencing has been an Olympic sport since 1896. It involves using a light foil to score points by touching an opponent. The modern rules originated in treatises from Spain in the 15th century. Javelin throw is an athletics event where competitors throw a 2.5m spear after a running start. The men's world record is 98.48m and the women's is 72.28m. Track and field events at the Olympics include running, jumping and throwing competitions like the 100m sprint, long jump and shot put.

2. Fencing has been contested at every
summer Olympic games, since the birth of
the modern Olympic movement in 1896
summer Olympics.
The weapon they use is called a foil. A foil
is a light thrusting weapon. Double touches
Fencing involves a lot of defence there
are allowed.
are many techniques including blocking
opponents attacks. You need to be very
focused in this sport.

3. The rules of modern fencing
originated in Spain. The book that
was written was called the treaties
of arms. The treaties of arms is
the rule book on everything you
need to know about how to fence
. The book was written by Diego
de Valera. Fencing is probably
one of the oldest games in
existence.

4. JAVELIN
 The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing
event. The object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear
which is 2.5 m in length.
 The part where they get a run up is 30-36.5m long.
They get a good run up and then lean back and thrust
their javelin in to the air.
 The world record for the javelin throw is 98.48 m the
athlete was Jan Železný, the male world record holder.
On the 25 May 1996, she was from jena, Germany. The
place that held it was Atlanta in the united states.
 The female world record holder is Barbora Špotáková,
her record is
72.28m, she is from Stuttgart, Germany. She threw
this on the 13 September 2008.

5. The javelin throw was a game developed
in ancient Greece from hunting and war.
Despite the javelin's long history, the
apparatus itself hasn't changed much in
a few thousand years. Just like in ancient
Greece, today the javelin throw is one of
the original events in the Olympic
Games. Javelin throwing was part of the
pentathlon in the ancient Games, while
today it's one of the track and field

6. TRACK AND FIELD
 Track and field events include throwing, running and jumping,. The
sports are held on the last couple of days of the Olympics. The
concentration and determination is unbelievable. The sports they
do are:
•Running events include: sprints 100m, 200m, 400m
◦Middle distance 800m, 1500m
◦Long distance 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m, 10,000m
◦Hurdles 110/100m, 400m
◦ Relays 4x100m, 4x400m
•Jumping events include: Long Jump
◦High Jump
◦Triple Jump
◦Pole Vault Throwing
•Throwing events include: ◦ Discus
◦ Shot Put
◦Javelin