THE TRENDS AND REASONS OF BEST RESULTS OF THROWING EVENTS OF TRACK AND FIELD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM 1983 TO 2017

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present the best results of the Athletics World Championships from the first competition in 1983 to the latest event held in 2017 in London. Besides highlighting the summarization and trends, we presented the results and its background of the London World Championships. In our study, we provide a comprehensive picture by interviewing the leading top throwing coaches and the most successful athletes (n = 12). With our questions, we were wondering what are their opinions, about the results of London World Championship and what the background of the Hungarian throwing results are. Looking for the reasons, with the answers of our deep interviews, we have found the following conclusions: the finding of talent is becoming more and more difficult today in Hungary, the disappearance of the special throwing workshops is typical, the decline of the technical (throwing movement) quality is very significant in the domestic throwing discipline, other sports have very strong extraction power, the lack of proper medical background in domestic athletics, concerning the sector.

Keywords

• Track and field, world championship, throwing events, performance prediction.