Discus
DISC, or DISK, among the Greeks and Romans a quoit of stone or metal, convex on both its sides, sometimes perforated in the middle. The players aimed at no mark, but simply tried to throw the quoit to the greatest possible distance. It was sometimes furnished with a thong of leather to assist in the throwing. The throwing of the discus was a notable feature of the revival of the Olympian Games at Athens in 1896. In these games the discusthrowing event was won by Robert Garrett, of Princeton University, who far outclassed all the foreign competitors.
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