Athletics WA World Championships 2023

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, lapaj said:

"Video not available" but now I am curious  

[Werloc 3,171]

May I ask what had to happen that there is only one male javelin thrower from Germany at this championship? 

[Roamingrover86 856]

Neeraj Chopra  88.77 not only qualifies to the final by breaching the qualification mark but also achieves OQS in Javelin Throw(M).

He secures our 14th quota overall ( 7th in Athletics)

[OlympicsFan 860]

Amazing performance by german-coached Chopra. Great to see that we continue the trend of shooting ourselves in the food by "allowing" our best coaches to improve our competitors. Jürgen Gröbler did it with british rowing, Heiko Salzwedel did it with british track cycling and Dieter Kollark did it with Gong Lijiao in women's shot put.

[OlympicsFan 860]

4 minutes ago, Werloc said:

May I ask what had to happen that there is only one male javelin thrower from Germany at this championship? 

The same problem as in many other disciplines. Everyone (Röhler, Vetter, Hofmann, Hussong) is injured. Same with Mihambo, Baehre, Klosterhalfen and many others. German coaches are mostly clueless, their greatest strength is that they can turn any healthy athlete in a wreck in no time. Most of the good german coaches were sent away, but luckily for us all those amazing former GDR coaches helped other countries like GB, China, India or Australia to become better.

[Topicmaster1010 4,311]

 Defending world champion Peters only 7th in the first group. Going to be a nervous wait for him

[Monzanator 4,579]

No wind for Group A in javelin. Only four results over 80 meters including Dawid Wegner whom hardly anyone has heard of.

 

This will be curious if the wind shows up for Group B and we get like 10+ throws over 80 meters

[Josh 10,830]

 Patterson making light work of 1.85m, after a foot injury earlier in 2023

[Josh 10,830]

 Neugebauer 7.83m in R1 of the decathlon long jump

[Josh 10,830]

7.80m in R1 for  Skotheim! 6cm PB.

Edited August 25, 2023 by Josh