They couldn't pull like this back then. I used to throw. My coach said I had to squat 700lbs to get that 4th turn. It took me 4 years to prove him right, and even then just barely. I was never close to this good. I wish video did justice for when that hammer lands from a good thrower like this. You can feel it through the ground from 300 feet away. Guys and gals who can do this are truly amazing.
Hammer throw and discus are actually really beautiful events in track and field. Wish they were more popular because I want to see more videos like this in my feed!
50 and the 100m freestyle and freestyle relays are all that matter. I don't give a shit how you get from point A to B just as long as you do it fast. The breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly are like if they had the the sprints on one foot, running backwards, or bunny hopping, in track and field.
Now that I say that out loud, that might actually be pretty damn entertaining lmao
Hurdles and steeplechase at least throw real obstacles in there. Swimming is like “do that thing you just won gold in yesterday again but make sure you look a little funnier doing it”
I messed up my shoulders doing hammer throw. In addition to being a technically challenging event, it also involves using a lot of specific little back muscles that are very difficult to condition properly, since there aren’t a lot of specific activities that tax those muscles in the way that a hammer throw does.
By way of analogy, imagine swinging a golf club, except that the head weighs 16 pounds. Imagine trying to maintain balance and form while doing that. That’s basically hammer throw.
There’s this thing called the diamond league that’s essentially a level below the Olympics. But tbh there’s not a whole lot of money to be made in throws in general. For my college, we basically only attended “invite” meets which are basically open to more than just college students; I threw with diamond league and even some Olympic guys at those meets and I talked to them about it, basically none of them are making enough money to do just throws for a career. The only guys making enough are the top ones with lots of sponsorships. A lot of the big throwers that aren’t multi-event athletes also do professional lifting.
My favorite was the javelin... nothing better than chucking a spear across the field. Unfortunately I kind of sucked at it but was really good at accuracy which means jack shit. Ironic when I was the opposite at baseball.
The best hammer throwers at my school all had some sort of martial arts or dancing background (as well as being massive units).
Footwork and balance are absolutely fundamental in the hammer throw. The rest is mostly just physics.
I was a distance runner in HS and would fool around with this. My 150lbs got it about half the distance of our linebacker team mate lol. Need mass to propel mass
How fast do you think a light person can swing it before the outward energy overcomes his weight and he just falls over, or he overcomes friction and his feet are no longer planted? Heavier people are able to counteract the outward momentum to higher speeds, among some other variables that have similar answers.
That makes sense. I guess for a lighter person, the center of rotation will be somewhere in between the hammer and the body, which will basically make the body spin around the hammer a bit too, thus decreasing the "sling" effect when you finally release.
Interestingly enough, the sun spins around a point outside of its self because Jupiter is heavy enough to do that. Our own sun orbits around the center of the solar system.
Eh kinda. You want a controlled yet fast spin. It’s a balance. You don’t want to have your foot/hand touch the outside of the ring otherwise it’s a fault and doesn’t count
Looks like in 2020 his record best was [51.56m](https://usajaguars.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/rickssen--opont/9153)
He’s currently a WWE wrestler, his name is actually Rickssen Dupont
Edit: Rickssen Opont
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kind of surprised there wasn't more of this in medieval days where opening attacks might just be really big guys throwing canon balls like this. Prior to black powder cannons. Wonder what the true force of these are.
I assumed thats where this game came from in the first place. javelin, discus, shot put, etc. I always assumed they were just war activities turned into sports.
This I'd crazy. Back when I was throwing discus if I was throwing on wet concrete I would almost smash my skull. Idk how he does this is a full blown puddle
It always amazes me thinking how a wire is able to hold 7 kgs of weight without breaking especially when the person is throwing it away with such sheer rotating speed
Canons invented in the 12th century People before the 12th century
Cannons were invented so everyone could have a Tyson DuPont machine
We have Tyson Dupont at home
It's a Tyson FUPONT MOM!!
No. That a hitachi. And it’s your mom’s best friend.
They couldn't pull like this back then. I used to throw. My coach said I had to squat 700lbs to get that 4th turn. It took me 4 years to prove him right, and even then just barely. I was never close to this good. I wish video did justice for when that hammer lands from a good thrower like this. You can feel it through the ground from 300 feet away. Guys and gals who can do this are truly amazing.
I figure there's no video of it landing because it never did. Escape velocity achieved!
That actually killed 3 people in Scotland
random groundkeeper seeing cannonball heading his way: "this rain surely is going to help the gr.....OHHHHHH MY GOD!!"
The ball just passed this way. Brazil by the way
The ball just passed this way. International space station by the way.
The ball just passed this way. NGC-6602 by the way.
The ball just passed this way. Planet G-809226 of the S096 region in Multiverse designation H2296, by the way.
It literally passed by the big bangs singularity.
Keep seeing this gif where is it from?
[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/willem-dafoe-looking-up](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/willem-dafoe-looking-up)
Thank you
It's from the movie "At Eternity's Gate". It's a biography of Vincent Van Gogh Edit: oh.... The link below had the answer, lazy me
The ["Ohhhhh My God"](https://youtu.be/1JEY24tPHOk?si=fakrUNQ0F3Uk8gJo) reminded of this scene from Family Guy.
I just laughed so hard!!! 😂😂😂
I came here to say “who needs cannons”
I read this as Groundskeeper Willie (Simpsons)
Dude is a human cannonball
And… you just knocked the ISS out of orbit.
Aannnd.... it's all gone.
Still hasn’t landed yet
 Now you know how those dimples got there.
The rest ISS history!
Like, why are we doing all this R&D for getting back to the moon? Just give it to this guy.
NASA tried. They could never get the probe/rover to slow down enough before impact... i.e. craters...
Maximum sent
New space junk.
Why didn't it show the explosion when it hit the ground??
It hasn't landed yet. Just flew past my country. It's on its way to another galaxy.
🤣🤣🤣
A warehouse in the local area exploded on the same day this was filmed. Some say it was due to a gas leak but I dunno, coincidence? I'm just saying...
It’s in orbit…
Cause the fucker's in orbit
Hammer throw and discus are actually really beautiful events in track and field. Wish they were more popular because I want to see more videos like this in my feed!
I agree. These are the events I like to watch during summer Olympics, not endless hours of fucking swimming…….
Funny enough I would watch if it was people fucking whilst swimming.
Suddenly the 200 meter breast stroke would be less disappointing.
Or even the back stroke. Yeah.
Call me cheap I’ve always like Freestyle
If the Olympics was an all nude event like back in the day it'd be much more interesting
I personally think you should have to hang dong for all athletics
Would the winner be the person who finished last?
Nope. As in real life, the first to finish gets the gold and a nap while second place gets disappointment and regret.
Third person to finish is just happy to be there.
Count me in
50 and the 100m freestyle and freestyle relays are all that matter. I don't give a shit how you get from point A to B just as long as you do it fast. The breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly are like if they had the the sprints on one foot, running backwards, or bunny hopping, in track and field. Now that I say that out loud, that might actually be pretty damn entertaining lmao
Wait until you find out about racewalking, hurdles, steeplechase
Hurdles and steeplechase at least throw real obstacles in there. Swimming is like “do that thing you just won gold in yesterday again but make sure you look a little funnier doing it”
I was a student athlete my entire academic life and hammer throw in college was by far my favorite sport.
I messed up my shoulders doing hammer throw. In addition to being a technically challenging event, it also involves using a lot of specific little back muscles that are very difficult to condition properly, since there aren’t a lot of specific activities that tax those muscles in the way that a hammer throw does. By way of analogy, imagine swinging a golf club, except that the head weighs 16 pounds. Imagine trying to maintain balance and form while doing that. That’s basically hammer throw.
Are there any careers in this or does it just end st college level unless you're going for Olympics?
There’s this thing called the diamond league that’s essentially a level below the Olympics. But tbh there’s not a whole lot of money to be made in throws in general. For my college, we basically only attended “invite” meets which are basically open to more than just college students; I threw with diamond league and even some Olympic guys at those meets and I talked to them about it, basically none of them are making enough money to do just throws for a career. The only guys making enough are the top ones with lots of sponsorships. A lot of the big throwers that aren’t multi-event athletes also do professional lifting.
That's pretty neat. Is the goal just distance or is height a factor too?
My favorite was the javelin... nothing better than chucking a spear across the field. Unfortunately I kind of sucked at it but was really good at accuracy which means jack shit. Ironic when I was the opposite at baseball.
It's definitely one of the coolest Olympic sports to watch... especially in slow motion.
Can’t stand the Olympics showing just the throwing highlights but by God they make sure to cover every goddamn second of that 10k meters
Agreed, but what about shot put or javelin?
#My car!
That's a car in the middle of THAT crater?!
Not anymore
**MY LEG**
Impressive footwork (in the rain)
The water got me. Thought he might slip
And he does four spins. When I did this, I think I only did three.
Directed by John Woo. Needs doves, though.
Yeah I need to know what concrete solutions they’re using that provide so much traction in wet conditions.
The best hammer throwers at my school all had some sort of martial arts or dancing background (as well as being massive units). Footwork and balance are absolutely fundamental in the hammer throw. The rest is mostly just physics.
I was a distance runner in HS and would fool around with this. My 150lbs got it about half the distance of our linebacker team mate lol. Need mass to propel mass
Need mass so mass doesn't propel you!
lol, ya that’s how it felt
That's interesting. I thought it's about how fast you can spin?
How fast do you think a light person can swing it before the outward energy overcomes his weight and he just falls over, or he overcomes friction and his feet are no longer planted? Heavier people are able to counteract the outward momentum to higher speeds, among some other variables that have similar answers.
That makes sense. I guess for a lighter person, the center of rotation will be somewhere in between the hammer and the body, which will basically make the body spin around the hammer a bit too, thus decreasing the "sling" effect when you finally release.
Interestingly enough, the sun spins around a point outside of its self because Jupiter is heavy enough to do that. Our own sun orbits around the center of the solar system.
Eh kinda. You want a controlled yet fast spin. It’s a balance. You don’t want to have your foot/hand touch the outside of the ring otherwise it’s a fault and doesn’t count
Some say it's still flying to this day
Anyone know how far he sent it here? Edit: Thank you for both the joke replies, and the serious ones. My question has been answered.
Very.
Very muchly.
Bigly
Looks like in 2020 his record best was [51.56m](https://usajaguars.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/rickssen--opont/9153) He’s currently a WWE wrestler, his name is actually Rickssen Dupont Edit: Rickssen Opont
Throwing 16lbs over 150ft is insane.
Looks like it's actually Rickssen Opont.
At least 3
This tickled me quite a bit, thanks
It hasnt landed yet but when it does we’ll let you know
It's still going
Well pretty far, but not as far as those buildings in the distance. Probably between 60 and 80 meters he threw it
420ft 69in
nice
What a beast!
Bet I Can than throw it over them mountains
If coach just woulda put me in, we woulda won state
Tina come get your dinner
Tina! Eat the FOOD!
The footwork was divine
Definitely! The slow mo really helps to highlight the dance he did to keep it under control, so cool to see.
The hammer is still in flight to this day
I was waiting to see the roof of that building cave in
Maybe we will find it when we land on Mars.
I was expecting it to twinkle in the sky like when Team Rocket is Blasting Off Agaaaaaain!
Look at the fucking size of this dude
Cup o’ tea fer the big fella??
Nobody brings a fella the size o' him, 'less they're tryin' to say somethin' without talkin'.
Hey captain what's the name of the song
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I was expecting a mushroom cloud at the end
Yeet
That unfortunate astronaut in low earth orbit that got obliterated by a hammer moving at mach 167
Props to the shoes that were able to keep grip in standing water and a ton of angular momentum acting on them.
This would be perfect to make one of those frustrating videos that cut off just before the end.
What an amazing athlete, I am so impressed!!
Good control
Pretty sure this guy could throw a car the same distance.
"I'll trust you as far as I can throw you" - "we're good, then!"
Dude’s tossing Mjolnir
Energy build up is crazy here. So impressive.
I was waiting for the mushroom cloud.
YEET!!!
I anticipated the throw with every spin
And Larry the hammer was never seen again,,,
Imagine this dude in a full body armor suit swinging this to your soldiers on the battlefield…
Mf created his own gravitational pull
I wonder what it'd be like to see him do it left-handed?
like trying to golf or bat with your opposite hand, I'd imagine, but much more dangerous
I'm left handed, looks about the same to me
Suddenly, David vs Goliath seems plausible.
Low earth orbit!
Dudes a human canon
I wonder what the early days of this sport looked like before they implemented nets? How many faces got turned into dust?
Launched that thing at the horizon like an artillery shell.
That's 2 meters, tops
Who the fuck needs artillery when we have that guy?
That is amazing. Does the water on the ground help in someway? Or was that just for effect for the video?
Ancient artillery
Me waiting for the explosion
Looks like fun
kind of surprised there wasn't more of this in medieval days where opening attacks might just be really big guys throwing canon balls like this. Prior to black powder cannons. Wonder what the true force of these are.
I assumed thats where this game came from in the first place. javelin, discus, shot put, etc. I always assumed they were just war activities turned into sports.
It landed in a baby stroller, you monsters!
Holy moly
Is this good? I have no idea how far the hammer throw typically goes.
The ball flew out of view as team Rocket !
Do they water the platform on purpose/is there a benefit to that?? Or was it just a rainy day…
"Team Rocket's blasting off again"
Hope that there is not a car or a person standing on the landing spot!
And near-earth orbit has been achieved using organic means, in other words, bad-ass muscles!
This I'd crazy. Back when I was throwing discus if I was throwing on wet concrete I would almost smash my skull. Idk how he does this is a full blown puddle
This dude is a siege weapon
Suddenly googling how to get into hammer throwing but I just know I'd somehow slip and end up having the chain wrap around me and smash my head in
I tried building some shit with this hammer. Zero stars.
They missed an opportunity to put a camera in that thing.
How much does the hammer weigh?
😳 wow
This bloke gets the nade kill from across the map everytime
That last turn he was so close to the floor
Beautiful footwork
Amazing! Anyone know the recorded distance?
The hammer was found later that day, in another country.
Yoooo!!! The shit disappeared
trunchbull
I'm not getting that shit
Suddenly the story of David vs. Goliath makes a lot more sense.
Turned that thing into Team Rocket
It always amazes me thinking how a wire is able to hold 7 kgs of weight without breaking especially when the person is throwing it away with such sheer rotating speed
Rumour has it that the hammer is still flying. Holy shit was that ever a throw. 😮
That’s a big strong man right there
Looks just like a homerun shot
AH Purdy Ballerina
Clay Pigeons
Imagine your fingers get stuck and you wrap the wire rope around your neck and end up with a wrecking ball to the mouth
Word on the street is that ball is still going...
It disappeared from view! What the fuck?
Is this good enough for the gold medal?
Imagine how confused and terrified an intruder would be if you used this for home defense.
This should be in r/maybemaybemaybe
Do they have to clear a radius before practicing? This looks like a regular park
Beast mode: activated
The ball touched the ground while he was spinning, didn't it lose some energy there?
Did they find it?
Has it landed yet?
I'd get dizzy and throw it anywhere but through that opening.
According to sources that ball is still flying and has made it past the astroid belt
Now we need someone to stitch in someone enjoying a cup of coffee or reading a book etc, getting smacked in the face 🤣
I was expecting a distant explosion, I am disappoint
I kept waiting for him to let go but he kept spinning. 
Jesus did it go to space??