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With massive heave Yego is now 3rd best all time

Julius Yego came into this event as the world leader in the Javelin. But there was an air of doubt about whether he could even win a medal. He has been inconsistent. In his last contest before the world championships, he managed a throw of only 81.79m.

However Yego came through when it mattered. With a heave of 92.72m, Yego became the first Kenyan ever to win a field event at the world championships. He broke his own Africa record. It was also the best throw in the world since 2001. Yego is now third in the all time list of Javelin throwers behind behind world record-holder Jan Zelezny (98.48m) and Finland’s Aki Parviainen (93.09m). Yego’s toss was also a new Commonwealth record. That record was previously held by Steve Backley of England

Yego was so dominant that even his last throw was well beyond 90m but was ruled a foul because he stepped on the line.

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Results

POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK DETAIL Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Attempt 4 Attempt 5 Attempt 6
1 706 Julius Yego KEN 92.72 WL X 82.42 92.72 X
2 415 Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed EGY 88.99 SB 86.07 88.99 X X X X
3 482 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 87.64 83.45 85.03 85.08 87.64 84.49 87.34
4 565 Thomas Röhler GER 87.41 86.68 86.03 86.77 87.18 84.00 87.41
5 483 Antti Ruuskanen FIN 87.12 76.24 81.29 87.12 80.63 84.30 X
6 556 Andreas Hofmann GER 86.01 79.38 77.33 84.85 82.43 X 86.01
7 571 Johannes Vetter GER 83.79 83.79 81.98 80.28 X 79.43 X
8 400 Vítezslav Veselý CZE 83.13 78.38 X 83.13 81.45 82.98 X
9 646 Ryohei Arai JPN 83.07 80.81 83.07 X
10 170 Braian Toledo ARG 80.27 78.27 78.30 80.27
11 918 Kim Amb SWE 78.51 77.38 75.77 78.51
12 455 Risto Mätas EST 76.79 75.79 70.10 76.79

 


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