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.
[~366 meters].â Using this information, a javelin throw in ancient Greece could be estimated to have been from 100 to 150 yards, or roughly 91 to 137 meters. Those would be outstanding throws by today's standards. The current men's world record is 98.48 meters, 4 and the Olympic record is 90.57 meters.