Aldaba, Niña Jean T.

BSN 2A
Track and field-Narrative Discussion

Track and field (also known as track and field sports, track and field athletics, or
commonly just track) is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around
the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The sport's name is derived from the
competition site, which is a stadium with an oval running track encircling a grassy field. The
throwing and jumping competitions are usually held in the middle enclosed area.
Track and field is one of the activities that make up athletics, which also includes road
running, cross-country running, and race walking. The two most prominent international track
and field contests are contested under the banner of athletics: the athletics competition at the
Olympic Games and the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The Worldwide Association
of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the sport's international governing organization.
Individual sports, such as track and field, are often individual sports in which players
compete against one another to choose a single winner. The athlete who runs the fastest time
wins the racing events, while the athlete who jumps or throws the farthest distance or height wins
the jumping and throwing events. Sprints, medium and long-distance races, relays, and hurdling
are the different types of running events. Long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault are
prominent leaping events, whereas shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer are the most frequent
throwing events. Athletes participate in a number of the aforementioned events in "combined
events," such as the heptathlon and decathlon.
There are three types of track and field events: track events, field events, and combination
events. The majority of athletes choose to specialize in just one event (or event type) in order to
perfect their performances, whereas combined events athletes strive to master a variety of
disciplines. Track events entail running on a track over a certain distance, with obstacles placed
on the track in the case of the hurdling and steeplechase events. There are also relay races, in
which participants run and deliver a baton to a teammate at the conclusion of a certain distance.
Jumps and throws are the two forms of field events. Athletes are assessed on the length or
height of their leaps in jumping contests. The results of distance jumping events are measured
from a board or marker, and any athlete who steps over this mark is considered to have fouled.
An athlete must clear their body over a crossbar without knocking the bar off the supporting
standards in the height jumps. Although competitors propel themselves vertically using purpose-
built poles in the pole vault, the bulk of jumping events are performed without assistance.
Throwing events entail throwing an item (such as a heavy weight, javelin, or discus) from
a starting point, with participants being scored on the distance traveled. Combined events include
the same set of athletes competing in a variety of track and field events; points are awarded for
each event's performance, and the athlete with the highest point total at the end of all events
wins.

At the global and national levels, as well as on a personal level, records are kept of the
greatest results in certain events. Athletes who are found to have broken the event's rules or
regulations are disqualified from the competition and their scores are wiped clean.