OG 2012 JAVELIN Men final

For those who are interested in something else than the running events , this competition provided certainly the biggest surprise of the Games in athletics with the win of Keshorn WALCOTT from Trinidad who was not even one of the outsiders in spite of his recent world junior title in Barcelona. But the 19 year was afraid of no one of the big names and to qualify for the top 12 final was already an achievement. as he has with 82,83m the 2nd lowest PB.The competition conditions were not for a great javelin wind (indeed most of it came from the left) . The Greek LEBESIS had the 1st lead with 81,21m but soon WALCOTT landed the 1st punch with 83,51m to get the lead. Every body was thinking " Well good , nice throw , but wait for the big guns to start firing !" Indeed most of the favorite got over 80m in the 2nd round (Pitakamaki 82,68m, Thorkildsen 82,63m , Vesely 81,69m) but they received another punch right in the face when WALCOTT improved to 84,58m. The only serious reaction came from Oleksandr PYATNYTSYA 84,51m , 7cm short ! . 7 of the finalists had PBs over 85m and could go for the win , especially the CZE Vesely who had such a nice qualification throw at 88m but VESELY was running too fast and could not finish his throws properly ,but throw after throw they look more and more disappointed , The NZL FARQUHAR was out after 3 rounds and only 80,22m. PITKAMAKI an THORDKILSEN were consistent over 80m , not able of more. People were starting to think " and if this junior was finally going to win ! " ...And he won when the last desesperate throws of RUUSKANEN 84,12m (Who saved the Finns honor in the throwing events at these games) for the Bronze , PYATNYTSYA 83,53m to confirm his 2nd place and VESELY 83,34m for a disappointing 4th place. This young man from Trinidad is a good champion . He is talented indeed , but has a good and efficient technique . We also noticed the good throwing from the Greek LEBEDIS (7th 81,91m) , and the Kenyan (yes Kenya has throwers !!!) small but good thrower Julius YEGO. A new generation is coming in the javelin throw ! You could see the faces of most of the throwers after the competition , obviously they were still under shock !