U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those specified in the Constitution..S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those specified in the Constitution.
Juthner reiterates that the use of the ankyle improves the distance of the javelin throw, stating that the distance improved was from an initial throw of 25 meters throwing free hand to a throw of 65 meters using the ankyle in Die Athletischen Leibesubungen der Griechen.
While the reference to 80 yards [~73 meters] obviously is an error, it is eerily close to the 66 meters that we found as a plausible example of just how far that the ancient Greek javelin could be thrown with the ankyle. It is an example of how sheer happenstance can be close as long as the value seems reasonable.