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  #1 Allie Fiasconaro on 09 Dec 09

   

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  This Japan Times article brings forth a new kind of athleticism for the average person, which involves the IAAF's World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. The author of the article questions why throwing mouse pads, cell phones, steel balls and hammers could be defined as 'athleticism' and why not call it a form of post modern athletics. What is truly stopping people in the postmodern world of today from throwing objects competitively? A professor of Greek archeology established this idea when he was teaching about Homer's "Iliad" and the Olympic events of shot put and javelin throwing references were discussed. These contests including the 'World Mouse Pad Throwng Competition' and the annual 'Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships' is a ode to the historical and intelligent Greeks that allowed us to create a postmodern twist to the historical games created thousands of years ago.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20070916x3.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20070916x3.html</a> <br /> This Japan Times article brings forth a new kind of athleticism for the average person, which involves the IAAF's World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. The author of the article questions why throwing mouse pads, cell phones, steel balls and hammers could be defined as 'athleticism' and why not call it a form of post modern athletics. What is truly stopping people in the postmodern world of today from throwing objects competitively? A professor of Greek archeology established this idea when he was teaching about Homer's "Iliad" and the Olympic events of shot put and javelin throwing references were discussed. These contests including the 'World Mouse Pad Throwng Competition' and the annual 'Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships' is a ode to the historical and intelligent Greeks that allowed us to create a postmodern twist to the historical games created thousands of years ago.</div>

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