With this sculpture, Konstantinos Dimitriadis won the gold medal in sculpture at the Olympic Games in 1924, in Paris. It is a study of the famous work “Discovolos” by the ancient sculptor Myron, which remains lost to this day. Konstantinos Demitriadis’s Discovolos (means discus thrower) was cast in three copies: the first was given by the sculptor to a friend in New York (today it adorns Randall’s Island Park). The second copy is located outside the Dijon Stadium in France and the third, with which the sculptor completed his study, is located directly opposite the entrance of the Panathenaic Stadium.
An Accurately calculated posture
An excellent snapshot: the moment of the athlete’s concentration just seconds before the shot. Accurately calculated posture. Mind and body work together perfectly for one purpose. Discovolos is imposing because the sculpture captures the movement and the instant at the same time. In the maze of big cities, where you have to decide everything quickly and with anxiety, man needs a moment of concentration before the big step or the big decision. A moment full of energy but also calm. A moment that spreads to the eternal and keeps its meaning intact. What should Discovolos think, how should he feel? How far did the disc launch? So what happened to the moment it was not depicted? What is worth more in the end? The effort or the result? Let’s make an imaginary line and think about where the record might have landed: In the Stadium? Even further back, in the straits of the beautiful Mets area? Or did the athlete regret it and never throw it?
Vasileos Constantinou Avenue,
Panathenaic Stadium
Sculptor:
Constantinos Dimitriadis
Material: Bronze