Editing Discus throw (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of physical training and fitness}}
[[Image:Diskuskastare Gbg - Alkamenes.jpg|thumb|Modern copy of the ''Diskophoros'', attributed to [[Alkamenes]]]]
The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the [[Ancient Olympic Games|original Olympic Games]] of Ancient Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/sports-and-everyday-life/sports/sports/discus-throwing|title=Discus Throwing {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref> The discus as a sport was resurrected in [[Magdeburg]], Germany, by gymnastics teacher [[Christian Georg Kohlrausch]] and his students in the 1870s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discusnada.org/history-of-discus/|title=History of Discus|website=www.discusnada.org|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref> Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern [[Summer Olympic Games]] since the first modern competition, the [[1896 Summer Olympics]]. Images of discus throwers figured prominently in advertising for early modern Games, such as fundraising stamps for the 1896 Games, and the main posters for the [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] and [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Today the sport of discus is a routine part of modern track-and-field meets at all levels, and retains a particularly iconic place in the Olympic Games.

[[File:1920 olympics poster.jpg|thumb|The main poster for the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]]]

The first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body was [[František Janda-Suk]] from [[Bohemia]] (the present [[Czech Republic]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discus Throw|url=https://site.dev.aws.worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/discus-throw|access-date=2020-10-26|website=site.dev.aws.worldathletics.org}}</ref> Janda-Suk invented this technique when studying the position of the statue of ''Discobolus''. After a year of developing the technique, he earned a silver medal in the 1900 Olympics.

Women's competition began in the first decades of the 20th century. Following competition at national and regional levels, it was added to the Olympic program for the [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 games]].