Only 15-year-old javelin athlete Topi Parviainen was superior in the under-18 European Championships in athletics.
Topi Parviainen hit a terrible EC gold throw in his last attempt. MVPhotos/Zumapress
-An awfully hard result, Arto Bryggare picket Topi Parviainen 84.52 meters from the EC gold medal.
– But you can’t put Olympic medal pressure on a 15-year-old now. He has a long career ahead of him and many years to develop. But of course it’s easier to go to competitions if you’ve thrown 100 meters at the age of 19 before the Olympic Games, Bryggare sculpts.
In the competition held in Jerusalem, a 700-gram javelin was shot, which is 100 grams lighter than the men’s model. Parviainen’s own record improved by almost ten meters.
Made to throw
Topi Parviainen’s uncle is Aki Parviainen, which in 1999 in Kuortane beat the still valid Finnish record of 93.09. Later that year, he won the World Championship gold in Seville. Topi’s coach is father Mika, who in his active days reached the 80-meter club.
Bryggare noticed that Vesa of the javelin family has received as a gift the frames suitable for the sport, among other things the “wide pectoral spine”.
– In this case, it has probably already become good as genetic inheritance, he says.
– Then, of course, throws, different throws in childhood, so that hand is used to throwing a lot. Rocks, balls, snowballs and more. It is important that the hand is used to fast strokes.
A potential diamond
Bryggare equates Parviainen Sweden to Armand Duplantiswho started goal-oriented training when he was just a kid.
– Duplantis started his sports career, or in other words, at a very early stage, he turned from fooling around to actually playing sports. Yes, similar things can be seen here. Of course, I hope that there is more to the background than javelin throwing.
Iltalehti’s athletics expert sees that this fact may be essential when predicting future javelin success.
-If there is Pitkämäki Teron kind of background, that you have played sports in a variety of ways, but at the same time you have also thrown the javelin sufficiently, so yes, we have the kind of diamond that will knock you out.