¶2019 wWC JT: Kelsey-Lee Barber (Australia) 218-4 (66.56)

[AS]

Keeps up the Aussie throws tradition at WC: Samuels, Faumuina, Adams

[HopStepJump]

This was kind of limping along through four rounds until Liu hit a bomb in the 5th, right after Brazier won and while the epic pole vault was going on. I wonder if the crowd energy is infectious.

[Trickstat]

Keeps up the Aussie throws tradition at WC: Samuels, Faumuina, Adams

Antipodean surely with 2 of those being Kiwis?

[AS]

Antipodean surely with 2 of those being Kiwis?

From the eastern most state of Australia...

[gh]

Winger finishes 5th - pretty good for US athlete in the javelin. Best major international finish since Kate Schmidt, I believe

stat from our Predictions article

<<Winger could become the highest-placed American ever, supplanting Karin Smith’s 10th way back in ’83.>>

(but yes, Kate The Great better in OG)

[jeremyp]

Fantastic coverage by NBC. Barber's throw, shown with one minute to go, and that was it. Too busy patting themselves on the back for three golds.

[gm]

stat from our Predictions article

<<Winger could become the highest-placed American ever, supplanting Karin Smith’s 10th way back in ’83.>>

(but yes, Kate The Great better in OG)

Winger was 8th in 2015...

[gh]

well, so much for that stat!

[AS]

Turning away from the ever-fun AUS-NZ banter, this event is THE go to for Aussie women.

Barber is our third WJT medallist at WC. While there was a lull in the 2000s, the 1990s and 2010s have been chockful of finallists:

1991 Louise Currey (McPaul) 6th
1995 Joanna Stone-Nixon 5th
1997 Joanna Stone-Nixon 2nd
1999 Louise Currey (McPaul) 5th
2011 Kimberly Mickle 6th
2013 Kathryn Mitchell 5th
2011 Kimberly Mickle 2nd
2017 Kelsey-Lee Barber 10th
2017 Kelsey-Lee Barber 1st

That's 5 different athletes with top 8 finishes.

The next best is 4 (WLJ, but with no medals)

The best on the men's side is 6:
MLJ (6 with 2 silvers and a bronze)
M20kW and M50KW both have 4 (at least, I've lost track of medal/place re-allocations here)

Back to WJT, there was also an Olympic Silver (Currey McPaul in 1996), and a 6th (Mitchell in 2016) during this period.

[Tuariki]

From the eastern most state of Australia...

And we will now return to our regular programming - the Rugby World Cup in Japan

[Tuariki]

But what a brilliant last throw response from Kelsey-Lee