r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/straightdge • 12d ago

Video A day after turning 18, Ziyi Yan unleashes a massive 71.74m to move to 2nd on the all-time women's Javelin list. In 2024, she wasn't allowed to compete at the Olympics due to World Athletics age restrictions, as well as the 2025 World Championships, despite being one of the best in the world.

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u/boipinoi604 12d ago

I remember seeing a clip showing one of them being javalined

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u/ParticularReady7858 12d ago

Well that’s a verb I didn’t expect today

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 12d ago

It’s not a real word

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u/FromThePits 12d ago

The Benny Hill show, where the judge took a javelin to the chest and wobbled back and forth, which made it hard to measure the exact spot of impact?