Shanghai DL—JT m: Vítezslav Vesely 85.40 SB

[t_monk]

World Record 98.48 Jan ŽELEZNÝ CZE Jena 25 MAY 1996
Area Record 88.75 Marius CORBETT RSA Kuala Lumpur 21 SEP 1998
Area Record 87.60 Kazuhiro MIZOGUCHI JPN San José 27 MAY 1989
World Lead 86.31 Stuart FARQUHAR NZL Hiroshima 29 APR 2012
Meeting Record 86.11 Andreas THORKILDSEN NOR 23 MAY 2010
Order Athlete Nation PB SB Diamond Points Diamond Ranking
1 JIANG Xingyu CHN 79.55 79.23
2 MANNIO Ari FIN 85.70 81.06
3 FRYDRYCH Petr CZE 88.23 80.05
4 CHEN Qi CHN 81.38 77.78
5 OOSTHUIZEN Robert RSA 86.80 76.32
6 VESELÝ Vítezslav CZE 86.45 81.72
7 PITKÄMÄKI Tero FIN 91.53
8 DE ZORDO Matthias GER88.36 79.39
9 THORKILDSEN Andreas NOR 91.59

[LopenUupunut]

Re: Shanghai DL—JT m

Interesting to see how Pitkämäki and Thorkildsen open. Thorkildsen has to be the big favourite but his openers have been somewhat shaky at times. Will Železný's coaching help Pitkämäki return to the top? He's reportedly in OK shape and his official target is meeting the 85.33 from last year...

I'm sure De Zordo will do better than on Wednesday but I doubt he'll win. Veselý has the best SB of the lot but that's not saying much... yet the solid 82 thrower he somehow transformed into last year might end up surprisingly high. Frydrych is as always a total question mark...

[LopenUupunut]

Re: Shanghai DL—JT m

Round 1 over, de Zordo leading with 81.62. Horrible first throws for both Pitkämäki and Thorkildsen...

So the prediction about de Zordo doing better than in Daegu was right, but at this rate he might end up winning :shock:

[LopenUupunut]

Re: Shanghai DL—JT m

Veselý 85.40

[jeremyp]

Re: Shanghai DL—JT m

Veselý 85.40

In these conditions, wow. Now with downpour it will probably win.

[t_monk]

Re: Shanghai DL—JT m

World Record 98.48 Jan ŽELEZNÝ CZE Jena 25 MAY 1996
Area Record 88.75 Marius CORBETT RSA Kuala Lumpur 21 SEP 1998
Area Record 87.60 Kazuhiro MIZOGUCHI JPN San José 27 MAY 1989
World Lead 86.31 Stuart FARQUHAR NZL Hiroshima 29 APR 2012
Meeting Record 86.11 Andreas THORKILDSEN NOR 23 MAY 2010

Rank Athlete Nation Result Wind Diamond Points Diamond Ranking 1
1 VESELÝ Vítezslav CZE 85.40 SB 4 1
2 DE ZORDO Matthias GER 81.62 SB 2 2
3 MANNIO Ari FIN 80.91 1 3
4 THORKILDSEN Andreas NOR 79.53
5 PITKÄMÄKI Tero FIN 77.99
6 CHEN Qi CHN 76.45
7 OOSTHUIZEN Robert RSA 75.48
8 JIANG Xingyu CHN 75.47
FRYDRYCH Petr CZE NM

[LopenUupunut]

Re: Shanghai DL—JT m: Vítezslav Vesely 85.40 SB

I did say Veselý might end up surprisingly high, but I didn't expect 85.40 and 1st place Behind him the competition was pretty lame... hopefully it was just the rain, but I'm not quite sure it explains everything :?

Thorkildsen was apparently afraid of injuring himself, saying it wasn't worth risking the whole summer for one meet (he skipped his last three throws).

First javelin formchart of the year (including Shanghai and Halle)... still waiting for the Latvians to open.

1. Vítezslav Veselý (Czech Republic)
2. Guillermo Martínez (Cuba)
3. Dmitry Tarabin (Russia)
4. Matthias de Zordo (Germany)
5. Genki Dean (Japan)
6. Ari Mannio (Finland)
7. Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway)
8. Stuart Farquhar (New Zealand)
9. Igor Janik (Poland)
10. Fatih Avan (Turkey)

[Deuce]

Re: Shanghai DL—JT m: Vítezslav Vesely 85.40 SB

First javelin formchart of the year (including Shanghai and Halle)... still waiting for the Latvians to open

Fatih Avan threw 85.60 NR yesterday (here in Europe) in Izmir.

In Turkish - http://spor.milliyet.com.tr/fatih-av...56/default.htm