¶mJavelin: Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 90.33 (296-4)

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1. Tero Pitkämäki (Finland)
2. Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway)
3. Breaux Greer (US)
4. Vadims Vasilevskis (Latvia)
5. Sergey Makarov (Russia)
6. Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia)
7. Guillermo Martinez (Cuba)
8. Magnus Arvidsson (Sweden)
9. Teemu Wirkkala (Finland)
10. Scott Russell (Canada)

[lapsus]

Is there any information on Thorkildsen's current condition?

[Per Andersen]

Is there any information on Thorkildsen's current condition?

Back is improving but he is still having treatments twice a day. He has not taken a full run-up maximum effort throw since DN Galan Aug.5.

He can do everything in training except max effort throws. He is in great shape but he is concerned. He hopes to qualify for the final on only one throw because there will be pain. He still thinks it is between himself, Greer and Pitkamaki.

Several top effort throws seem out of the question.

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He's third up in the first flight of Q; we'll know where he's at in c90 minutes

[Jnathletics]

Greer slips on first attempt
Thor fouls but well over 80m

[smithg]

so i crank up wcsn tonight just to watch greer; I missed the first throw (first in the order!), Kids distract me away for both others

i guess 86+ makes a statement. Maybe he will hold up for a medal this year

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Don't forget Athens! Greer leads Q w/ a mark good enough to win the final (where he ends up 12th).

[tafnut]

Don't forget Athens! Greer leads Q w/ a mark good enough to win the final (where he ends up 12th).

Is his knee still sketchy? In Athens he aggravated the knee in Q, didn't he?

[smithg]

Don't forget Athens! Greer leads Q w/ a mark good enough to win the final (where he ends up 12th).

Is his knee still sketchy? In Athens he aggravated the knee in Q, didn't he?

who really knows if he is 100%. I can say he is 100% guts whatever shape his body is in though

pitakami just threw less than 80m 1st throw, so nobody is looking unstoppable in Q

[AS]

Makarov out after only throwing 78.22 in qual...

[midnightsun]

87.37 by Vasilevskis

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oh goodie...... no leadership status for Greer

[mojo]

Pitkamaki is in 11th place overall.....wow.

[Per Andersen]

Pitkamaki is in 11th place overall.....wow.

Yes. That was not the outing he had in mind, that's for sure.
He should settle down in the final unless Helsinki is on his mind.

Thorkildsen is happy. Felt very little pain in his back. Had full control. First throw a hairline foul that was longer than his second 82m throw. It was not a full effort.

Greer slipped badly in the 64m throw but showed his true class in the magnificent 3rd throw.

Vasilevskis is due. He should be right up there with the top 3.

Too bad for Russel but he gave it a shot. in wet conditions. He is still not the kind of thrower who can deliver an 82m throw on demand. Very few are.

[LopenUupunut]

Not too surprisingly, with qualification being almost sure, Pitkämäki was free to turn his attention to making a javelin high-throwing record... alas, he failed to do that, his record from Kuortane a couple weeks ago still stands. :wink: Throughout the history, a lot of Finnish javelin-throwers have had the problem of throwing too high... Well, at least he knows what the problem is, I hope he gets it right for the final. Good performance by Järvenpää, after his narrow 85.5m foul at the NC everyone knew he could do this but to keep his head in this situation was unexpectedly mature of him... Wirkkala, too, appears to have forgotten it's not the eagles you're trying to spear.