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

are allowed.Fencing involves a lot of defence there

are many techniques including blocking

opponents attacks. You need to be very

focused in this sport.

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.

JAVELINThe 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.

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

events.

TRACK AND FIELDTrack 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

◦ Hammer Throw