Word: discus
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Athletes are complex machines going through complicated motions. Even a power event such as the discus throw involves an elaborate, spinning choreography. The richness of the variables has provided a fertile field for biomechanics experts, who use infrared lasers, force plates, high-speed video cameras and computers to isolate the motions and moments that make a difference. Scientists have analyzed every type of athletic movement, from a diver's twist to a runner's stride, from a weight lifter's lunge to a rower's stroke...
...some athletes, the 1992 Olympics mightbe just the beginning. For Meredith Rainey '90,who will run the women's 800 meters, and NickSweeney '92, who will throw the discus forIreland, Barcelona should prove to be "a maturingexperience," said Veneziano...
...past four years, the Harvard women's track and field team has depended upon Griffin to perform well in all her events, which include the hammer throw, shot put, 20-Ib. weight throw and discus...
...Captain Cathy Griffin led the charge, winning three events and setting meet records in two of them. The records fell in the discus (166'4") and hammer throw (177'0"), and she also won the shot...
Sweeney won his third discus title, setting a meet record of 190'6". Sweeney, who won the discus in 1989 and 1991, also won the shot...