What is considered your lap?

Your lap is the top of your thighs when you sit down, where your cat might sit. Lap can also refer to a trip around a racetrack, or to the act of overtaking a competitor by a lap. Lap is associated with a number of idioms. If something “falls into your lap,” you have gotten something without making much effort.

What is the meaning of lap in athletics?

The definition of a lap is one full circuit in a race, or the front part of a person from the waist to the knees when sitting or fabric meant to cover this part, or a hollow area that provides shelter. An example of a lap is one run around a track.

What is a person’s lap?

ˈlap. : the front part of a person between the hips and the knees when seated. lap.

Why do we call it a lap?

Derived from a Proto-Germanic word *lapp, meaning the “skirt or flap of a garment,” or as the OED notes, “A part (of a garment or the like) either hanging down or projecting so as to admit of being folded over.” (Think toga, or the front of a robe.)

What is lap and thigh?

Thigh refers to the side of the upper leg between the knee and the hip. The lap refers to the tops of the thighs of a seated person.

How many km is a lap around a track?

How many Kilometers are in a Lap? The answer is one Lap is equal to 0.4 Kilometers. Feel free to use our online unit conversion calculator to convert the unit from Lap to Kilometer.

Who is a lap scorer?

Keeps count of laps run by each competitor in races over 1500m. Appointed by the referee to assist in ensuring the rules are adhered to.

What does DNS mean in athletics?

Did Not Start
SCR—Scratched. DQ—Disqualified. DNF—Did Not Finish. DNS—Did Not Start.

What does SR mean in athletics?

Key: ER = Easy Run, SR = Steady Run, TR = Threshold Run, HR = Hill Run, FR = Fartlek Run, IR = Interval Run, LR = Long Run, MP = Marathon Pace, 1/2MP = Half Marathon Pace.

What does NS mean in athletics?

NS Non-standard event, such as missing hurdle/steeplechase barrier or non-standard hurdles.

What does SS mean in track?

Sprint Speed (SS)

What does WD mean in Olympics?

(sports) Abbreviation of withdrew (from an event).

What does FS mean in track?

FS. False Start (racing)

What does WC mean in track?

WC or WCh = World Championships in Athletics.

What does TJ mean in track and field?

TJ = Triple jump. WT = Weight throw. XC or CC = Cross country running.