2017 outdoors

Thomas Rohler is NOT going to have it all his own way at the World Championship Javelin final…. because his fellow German Johannes Vetter is currently throwing like an absolute BEAST right now in damp and dreary looking Luzern. He has just thrown one of the longest throws in history in the third round, launching the spear out to 93.06m! And that is allied to the fact Vetter first two throws were also over 90 meters too!

Rohler is competing here as well and is trying his best to hang with his countryman but is still over 8 meters behind!

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And in the next round, Vetter has now become the 2nd longest Javelin thrower in history, launching the spear beyond 94 meters! 94.44m! Amazing stuff!

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Is that the best series ever I wonder

roll on the WC.

LuckySpikes wrote:

90 metres? Pah! Those Germans spit in the face of 90 metres!

That’s just the four of them over 90 now. Vetter, Rohler, Henry and Hecht. A few years ago I thought De Zordo was going to be the man, whatever happened to him?

The scary one to watch is Marlon Henry. OK he’s only 3, but as the son of Mrs and Mrs Boris Henry he has star pedigree. (For the uninitiated Mrs Henry is Christina Obergfoll).

Thanks Luckyspikes. A bloke of his age shouldn’t be wearing a baseball cap at all!

Isaac Makwala has run 43.92 for 400m followed by 19.77 for 200m!!!!

geoff wrote:

Isaac Makwala has run 43.92 for 400m followed by 19.77 for 200m!!!!

It’s the first sub-44/sub-20 double on the same day (albeit at a bit of altitude in Madrid). He almost did it in 2015, doing a same-day 44.01/19.96 at Chaux-le-Fonds.

Ladyloz wrote:

Despite quick times he’s never done much at major champs. Not sure I see that changing this year but we’ll see. I think the medal he’ll most likely win is in the 4×4

It will be a surprise if the Botswana team do not medal in the long Relay.

Wow, after her poor results of the last few times. That’s the PV for you…. but well done to HB anyway.She beat the German Ryzih who jumped 4.73.

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Well, I’m an idiot, I even checked on that page before posting here! Thanks very much.

Laura Muir 4:05.01 at Citta di Padova 1st