1. He didn't really know very much about javelin throwing.

2. Discus and javelin throwing, long jumping and wrestling were added later.

3. Other Egyptian sports included javelin throwing, high jump, and wrestling.

4. The basic program in all the contests included foot racing, wrestling, boxing, discus and javelin throwing, chariot racing, and other events.

5. For example, Homer’s Iliad, the oldest surviving work of Greek literature, describes how noble warriors, companions of Achilles, laid down their arms at the funeral rites for Patroclus and competed to prove their valor in boxing, wrestling, discus and javelin throwing, and chariot racing.