In the F57/F58 men's discus final, British chuckers Derek Derenalagi and Nathan Stephens will both be attempting to fling a round disc further than each other and everybody else.
But during the new war launched by Sharon against our people, the generation of 1982 that I was part of were more scattered, further flung to the four corners of the world, farther away from being able to do anything to help, even more powerless than before.
Of course, the further flung the destination, the more likely you are to fly.
Many visiting collectors are prepared to fly in and take their chauffered cars to the further flung outposts, but some prefer not to stray far from Claridges.
Three of its campuses are bang in the middle of town; Harrow is slightly further flung, though still on the tube.
This is particularly true of those wines made in the further flung reaches of the recently expanded production zone, which now covers more than 14,000 hectares from Vicenza in the west to Trieste in the east.
After cutting CWC's unsustainably high dividend, Rice drew plaudits for raising cash by selling off some of its further flung assets in Macao and Monaco, and had been expected to lead a round of consolidation in the region where CWC operates.
You find this resolve to create a sense of belonging the further flung you are, and on these islands that means the Celtic regions – Scotland and the Scottish islands, Wales and Cornwall.
The campus is a couple of miles outside town; further flung are the Highland and Western Isles campuses for the training of nurses and midwives, based in Inverness and Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, respectively.
The train connects with rail services to over 100 destinations across Europe to explore further flung destinations.
Scotland business correspondent Douglas Fraser writes: Delivering a letter to the further flung parts of the Britannic realm costs the Royal Mail a lot more if it has to go by air or ferry, and then up long farm tracks.
