The discus throw (pronunciation), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight...
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DISCUS, or distributed source coding using syndromes, is a method for distributed source coding. It is a compression algorithm used to compress correlated...
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Symphysodon (colloquially known as discus or discus fish) is a genus of cichlids native to the Amazon river basin in Brazil. Due to their distinctive shape...
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Symphysodon discus, the red discus or Heckel discus, is a species of cichlid endemic to the Amazon Basin of Brazil, where found in the lower Rio Negro...
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can. Discus may also refer to: Aeros Discus, a Ukrainian hang glider design Pegas Discus, a Czech two-place paraglider design Schempp-Hirth Discus, a German...
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Discobolus (redirect from The Discus Thrower)
The Discobolus by Myron ("discus thrower", Greek: Δισκοβόλος, Diskobólos) is an ancient Greek sculpture completed at the start of the Classical period...
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Discus (sometimes stylized as DISCUS, also referred to as South Carolina's Virtual Library and SC Discus) is a free-of-charge digital library intended...
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The men's discus throw event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place between 1 and 6 September 2024 at the Stade de France. * Host nation...
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The Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus is a high-performance two-seat glider primarily designed for fast cross-country flying, including gliding competitions. Often...
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The men's discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 5 and 7 August 2024. Still only 21 years old, Mykolas Alekna dominated...
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The first world record in the men's discus was recognised by the International Association of Amateur Athletics (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, in...
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The Schempp-Hirth Discus is a Standard Class glider designed by Schempp-Hirth. It was produced in Germany between 1984 and 1995 but has continued in production...
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Schempp-Hirth Discus-2 is a Standard Class sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1998. It replaced the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Discus. In plan...
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Haliotis discus, commonly called disk abalone or Edo abalone, is a species of abalone sea snail. Haliotis discus discus Reeve, 1846 Haliotis discus hannai...
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Symphysodon aequifasciatus (redirect from Blue discus)
discus or brown discus, is a species of cichlid native to rivers of the eastern and central Amazon Basin downriver from the Purus Arch. This discus is...
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The discus throw is one of four track and field throwing events held at the Summer Olympics. The men's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics...
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The women's discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 5 August 2024. This was the 23rd time that the event is contested...
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Discus macclintocki is a species of land snail in the family Discidae known commonly as the Iowa Pleistocene snail and Pleistocene disc. It occurs in Iowa...
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Symphysodon tarzoo (redirect from Green discus)
Symphysodon tarzoo, the green discus, is a species of cichlid endemic to Brazil; specifically, to rivers of the western Amazon Basin upriver from the Purus...
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The Women's discus throw athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place at the Stade de France from August 27 to September 4, 2024. A total...
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far they hurl an implement, with the common events being the shot put, discus, javelin, and hammer throw. There are four common jumping events: the long...
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metres, 1500 metres, 110 metre hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus throw, javelin throw, and shotput. The current official decathlon world...
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Track and field (section Discus throw)
pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi events", such as...
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Discoteuthis discus, the rounded disc-fin squid is a species of squid in the family Cycloteuthidae. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic...
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fibrocartilage discus (TFC), the radioulnar ligaments (RULs) and the ulnocarpal ligaments (UCLs). The triangular fibrocartilage disc (TFC) is an articular discus that...
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The first world record in the women's discus throw was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1923. As of 2013, 55 world...
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Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (redirect from Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's discus (F64))
Triple jump men women Shot put men women Shot put F57 women Discus throw men women Discus throw F44/64 men women Hammer throw men women Javelin throw...
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Intercalated disc (redirect from Discus intercalaris)
muscle fiber. Details Part of Cardiac muscle Identifiers Latin discus intercalaris, discus intercalatus TH H2.00.05.2.02006 Anatomical terms of microanatomy...
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IvO 240/241 (redirect from Bronze Discus: Votive Dedication of Asklepiades)
bronze discus awarded to Publius Asklepiades after his victory in the ancient Olympic Games in the year 241 CE. The inscription on the discus reads that...
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Acestridium discus is a species of armored catfish in the genus Acestridium. It is endemic to the lower Negro River basin in Brazil. "Acestridium discus Haseman...
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