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What is a discus?

What is a discus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
  2. (uncountable) The athletics sport of discus throwing.
  3. (plural: discus) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)
  4. (rare, dated) A chakram.
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Chris Strickland, a member of the Mohegan tribe, will throw the javelin, shot put and discus and run the 100-meter dash.
An inscription describing the truce was written on a bronze discus which was displayed at Olympia.
He has won two silver medals in 100m dash, four silver medals and bronze medals in javelin throw and discus throw in national-level competitions.
Now allegedly just as the discus left the athlete's hand, a sort of gale arose and blew it many more metres than was expected.
Bender also won a bronze medal in discus and a gold medal in the hammer throw.
I think this time round I'm just going to be concentrating on doing some throwing events, like the javelin, the discus and the shot putt.

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