Oslo Golden League 2009: mJavelin (Tero Pitkämäki FIN 84.63)

[LopenUupunut]

Start list...
                               PB    SB
Chris Hill USA          83.87 83.87
Igor Janik POL         84.76 83.52
Tero Järvenpää FIN   86.68 82.65
Ainars Kovals LAT    86.64 82.47
Stefan Müller SUI     82.07 81.07
Tero Pitkämäki FIN   91.53 86.78
A. Thorkildsen NOR  91.59 88.97
V. Vasilevskis LAT   90.73 90.71
Teemu Wirkkala FIN 84.68 84.68

[gh]

Not that Hill has remotely been throwing in the area of the big Scando studs, but it will be interesting to see how he fares against the likes of Pitkämäki and Thorkildsen just vis à vis his recent distances.

[EPelle]

Re: Oslo Golden League 2009: mJavelin

Oslo (Bislett Games) competition records:

Hill: 0-0; Janik: 0-0; Järvenpää: 0-2; 2nd-best lifetime mark (86.49m/2008) recorded at Oslo; Kovals: 0-0; Müller: 0-0; Pitkämäki: 2-2; 5th-best lifetime mark (90.54m/2005) recorded at Oslo; Thorkildsen: 2-6; PB (91.59/2006) recorded at Oslo; Vasilevskis: 0-3; 6th-best lifetime mark (88.09m/2006) recorded at Oslo; Wirkkala: 0-2.

[gh]

So this bunch of stiffs has a composite 4-15 record at Bislett; how come they didn't invite any of the good javelin throwers?!

[EPelle]

Blame a bit on Thorkildsen, who was able to practice against the big boys in Bislett competition as he was making his way up the ranks.

[LopenUupunut]

After 3 rounds:

1 PITKÄMÄKI, Tero FIN 83.67 83.64 80.26 83.67
2 THORKILDSEN, Andreas NOR 78.72 x 83.15 83.15
3 WIRKKALA, Teemu FIN 82.33 80.27 80.94 82.33
4 JANIK, Igor POL 77.50 79.43 - 79.43
5 VASILEVSKIS, Vadims LAT x x 78.87 78.87
6 KOVALS, Ainars LAT x 78.80 76.57 78.80
7 JÄRVENPÄÄ, Tero FIN x x 76.27 76.27
8 HILL, Chris USA 73.94 75.60 x 75.60
9 MÜLLER, Stefan SUI 73.36 72.03 x 73.36

Nothing shocking (Thorkildsen isn't at his usual level but knowing the groin injury he's not that much below expected). Nice to see Wirkkala at 82+ almost every comp.

[gh]

248-0 for Hill.... yikes, welcome to the big-time.

[LopenUupunut]

Final results:

1 PITKÄMÄKI, Tero FIN 83.67 83.64 80.26 84.00 84.63 x 84.63
2 WIRKKALA, Teemu FIN 82.33 80.27 80.94 83.17 x 83.54 83.54
3 THORKILDSEN, Andreas NOR 78.72 x 83.15 82.05 82.05 82.36 83.15
4 KOVALS, Ainars LAT x 78.80 76.57 81.67 81.27 79.27 81.67
5 VASILEVSKIS, Vadims LAT x x 78.87 x x 79.90 79.90
6 JANIK, Igor POL 77.50 79.43 - x - x 79.43
7 JÄRVENPÄÄ, Tero FIN x x 76.27 76.96 x 78.53 78.53
8 HILL, Chris USA 73.94 75.60 x x 73.92 x 75.60
9 MÜLLER, Stefan SUI 73.36 72.03 x 73.36

Pitkämäki going for the jackpot

I think Hill has potential... if only someone taught him how to throw.

[LopenUupunut]

Pitkämäki after the comp...

"My efforts felt much better than the actual results. [...] As for the GL jackpot, I have to improve if I want to beat a healthy Andreas."

[Per Andersen]

Pitkämäki after the comp...

"My efforts felt much better than the actual results. [...] As for the GL jackpot, I have to improve if I want to beat a healthy Andreas."

Thorkildsen might not throw in Rome. The groin injury/pull has effected his training for a while now. He has avoided throwing longer than 60m in practices.

At Bislett he could not even hold the Jav in his normal way during the run-up due to the sore groin. But since this was Bislett he took all his 6 throws.