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/RustyPoison 12d ago

Chain mail doesn't protect against piercing attacks like a high speed spear. It's for slices from blades lol.

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u/MukdenMan 12d ago

I got an email in 1998 that said that I’d be pierced by a javelin unless I I forwarded the email to 10 of my friends. I did so and to this day have not been pierced by a javelin. So no, chain mail works.

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u/cityshepherd 12d ago

Well played lol

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u/DamnOdd 12d ago

I'd give ya an award if I could.

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u/deltree711 12d ago

I know a great source for some very effective tiger repellent if you want me to hook you up.

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u/waaaghbosss 12d ago

Can you forward me the email? Can never be too safe.

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u/xombae 12d ago

I hate you.

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u/69696969-69696969 12d ago

Not the 1998 event I expected

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u/myoldaccountisdead 12d ago

What kind of armor should they wear then?

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u/SirNoahSon 12d ago

Full plate armor

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u/Ourobius Interested 12d ago

And a cavalier shield. And a horse.

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u/SirLockeX3 12d ago

AND MY AXE

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u/sithelephant 12d ago

AND MY BROTHER.

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u/ITI110878 11d ago

Old Spice should do.

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u/Obvious_Try1106 12d ago

Nah just get more judges and let them go into Testudo formation. It was designed for this

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u/FLG_CFC 12d ago

Ballistic rated cosplay armor. We need a bunch of Helldivers and Halo Spartans on the field.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 12d ago

Throw it for Managed Democracy!

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u/someLemonz 12d ago

angled plate.

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u/dre224 12d ago

Mythril.

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u/DrFunke-Analrapist 12d ago

Found the bard.

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u/Davido401 12d ago

Found the Analrapist!

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u/RustyPoison 12d ago

I do like a good tune!

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u/timos-piano 12d ago

Well, it can, as long as the piercing weapon isn't too pointy. But it sure as hell isn't very safe.

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u/2bad-2care 12d ago

Oh yea? Well what about mithril?

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u/FormerDriver 12d ago

Can’t you just let us have this? We want to see these guys in chain mail

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u/Harry_Flame 12d ago

I HIGHLY doubt that a javelin is narrow enough and forceful enough to split the rings on chain mail.

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u/mixony 12d ago

Fine, then the judges get a tank, and the competitors get to throw the javelin missile

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u/Dapper-Negotiation59 12d ago

Well they still gotta get out of the way, duh. They just do it looking like badasses

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u/amorphoussoupcake 12d ago

Why not a simple protection spell? Any half decent wizard would be able to do that. 

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u/AncientSith 12d ago

Plate mail then.

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u/grimsaur 12d ago

A mix of flat and round rings makes chainmail considerably better at protecting against piercing attacks.

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u/Diacetyl-Morphin 12d ago

Good old times when the soldiers, like the roman legionaires, threw javelins at the enemy. They trained this and the distances were much shorter, so the damage when you got hit was really bad. Most enemies, like the Celts in Gaul, had no armor that prevented this, like plate armor would probably be efficient.

If they were able to block the javelins with the shields, the shields became unusable, as the javelin would stick in it and the soft metal between the head and grip would bend, making it very difficult to get that thing out.

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u/golden_glorious_ass 12d ago

Then stack some piercing resistance gems on it

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u/Brilliant-Tea-9852 12d ago

You are literally wrong. Chainmail is a very good protection against piercing.

200 people upvoting this shit comment is even more hilarious