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    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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    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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    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, 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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  • Thumbnail for Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's discus throw
    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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