GL Bruxelles mJT - Tero Pitkämäki 85.32

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Tom Goyvaerts BEL
Sergey Makarov RUS
Eriks Rags LAT
Ilya Korotkov RUS
Vadims Vasilevskis LAT
Teemu Wirkkala FIN
Ainars Kovals LAT
Tero Pitkämäki FIN
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR

Start: 20:00 CET

[pela2]

Best at Van Damme

90.50 Jan Zelezný 1 25.08.1995
88.34 Jan Zelezný 1 19.08.1994
87.30 Tero Pitkämäki 1 14.09.2007
87.26 Konstadínos Gatsioúdis 1 03.09.1999
86.97 Andreas Thorkildsen 1 25.08.2006
86.88 Sergey Makarov 1 26.08.2005
86.32 Raymond Hecht 2 25.08.1995
86.14 Andreas Thorkildsen 2 14.09.2007
86.13 Andreas Thorkildsen 2 26.08.2005
86.10 Raymond Hecht 2 03.09.1999

[EPelle]

Last Olympic-cycle winner: Event not contested.

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[LopenUupunut]

Pitkämäki in the lead after 2 rounds with 85.32 (and also has the second best throw). Thorkildsen seems to have no soul in it... so far anyway.

[pela2]

"My" captain Thorkildsen cancels his competition after 2 throws :evil:

[LopenUupunut]

Thorkildsen has quit the competition after 2 throws?! - probably because of some injury, which would explain the lack of soul behind his throws.

[jeremyp]

Good thing Pitkam is my Captain, but then so is Vlasic (anybody else got her? ops: )

[LopenUupunut]

Pitkämäki took it home despite a good fifth throw by Kovals. Three Latvians in the top 5!

1 PITKÄMÄKI, Tero FIN 85.32 83.45 85.29 x 83.64 82.20 85.32
2 KOVALS, Ainars LAT 82.67 79.01 x 80.99 84.76 81.50 84.76
3 THORKILDSEN, Andreas NOR 82.39 81.65 - - - - 82.39
4 RAGS, Eriks LAT 80.59 79.12 78.67 81.04 80.03 x 81.04
5 VASILEVSKIS, Vadims LAT 77.49 x 80.84 x x 80.17 80.84
6 MAKAROV, Sergey RUS 77.41 76.12 78.80 74.74 - 74.21 78.80
7 WIRKKALA, Teemu FIN 77.15 71.11 x - - 75.35 77.15
8 GOYVAERTS, Tom BEL 74.74 72.01 75.81 70.91 72.11 74.19 75.81
9 KOROTKOV, Ilya RUS 71.32 71.02 - 71.32

[jeremyp]

Question, just curious. When Pitka and Thorkil talk to each other is it in English?

[pela2]

Question, just curious. When Pitka and Thorkil talk to each other is it in English?

Yes, I think so, every interview I have seen Pitka do for Swedish or Norweigan TV has been in english.

[LopenUupunut]

Thorkildsen apparently has a (hopefully) minor groin injury... Pitkämäki wasn't 100% healthy either, having caught a cold.

[Per Andersen]

Thorkildsen apparently has a (hopefully) minor groin injury... Pitkämäki wasn't 100% healthy either, having caught a cold.

You are right, groin pain for Thorkildsen throughout the meet. Did not want to push it. Don't know the extent of it.