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London Diaries, Day 9: Upset of Games in Javelin, Keshorn Walcott Surprises for Gold, by Larry Eder

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August 15, 2012
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            Keshorn Walcott, gold medalist, Olympic Javelin, photo by PhotoRun.net

All of nineteen, fresh off the World Junior Championships, Keshorn Walcott just shocked the javelin world with his gold medal win in London. Look at Keshorn closely,
as Trinidad celebrates, this young man will become the Bolt of the javelin, mark my word. 

Long before Keshorn Walcott was a glimmer in his parent’s eyes, a Hungarian
javelin thrower, Miklos Nemeth, son of 1948 hammer gold winner Imre Nemeth,
surprised the 1976 javelin field with a world record first round throw. In 1976,
Miklos was considered a young man with potential, but someone who had never
just done it.  In Montreal, Nemeth set a WR on his first throw, devastating the 
field, and taking the gold. 
Keshorn Walcott is the World Junior Champion in the javelin. He threw an 83.51m
throw in the first round, and 84.58m in second round. No one really responded until 
Oleksandy Pyatnytsya dropped 84.51m in round three. Anti Ruuskanen dropped 84.12m 
in round five to take the bronze.
Andreas Thorkildsen, the 2008 Olympic champion, was just not there. His throws 
were short and he seemed to have trouble concentrating, hitting 82.63m for his 
best. 
Tero Pitamaki of Finland threw 82.80m for fifth, and he just was not there either. 
Perhaps, Pitamaki and Thorkildsen needed some Iron Maiden or Metallica, but 
their throwing was not with them. 
Keshorn Walcott probably surprised himself. He also set a National record with his gold
medal. Watch this young man, he will be picking more medals in the future. 
11 August 2012 – 19:20
Position Bib Athlete Country Mark .
1 3052 Keshorn Walcott TRI 84.58 (NR)
2 3143 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR 84.51 .
3 1727 Antti Ruuskanen FIN 84.12 .
4 1525 Vítezslav Veselý CZE 83.34 .
5 1726 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 82.80 .
6 2599 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 82.63 .
7 1982 Spirídon Lebésis GRE 81.91 .
8 1901 Tino Häber GER 81.21 .
9 2609 Stuart Farquhar NZL 80.22 .
10 2219 Roderick Genki Dean JPN 79.95 .
11 1725 Ari Mannio FIN 78.60 .
12 2322 Julius Yego KEN 77.15 .
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Keshorn Walcott 83.51 84.58 X 80.64 X –
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya 77.47 81.61 84.51 81.53 81.01 83.53
Antti Ruuskanen 79.60 81.09 81.60 81.97 84.12 79.88
Vítezslav Veselý X 81.69 81.80 X 80.32 83.34
Tero Pitkämäki 77.33 82.68 80.67 80.46 82.80 82.53
Andreas Thorkildsen X 82.63 X 81.70 X X
Spirídon Lebésis 81.21 81.91 81.27 80.36 X 79.45
Tino Häber 76.99 74.33 81.21 79.95 76.36 75.85
Stuart Farquhar 76.80 76.64 80.22
Roderick Genki Dean X 79.95 X
Ari Mannio 78.60 77.71 X
Julius Yego 72.59 77.15 74.08


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