The javelin venue at Hayward Field held the men’s qualifying competition.
Before the men’s javelin World Cup qualifying competition, there were bad predictions that the throwing platform would be destroyed in the same way as last season at the Tokyo Olympics.
The women’s qualifying increased worries, as many athletes slipped and the result level was modest: only three athletes exceeded the qualifying limit of 62.50 and they went to the final with a very modest result of 59.06.
– The women had a lot of problems, says Urheiluilito’s javelin throw coach Petteri Piironen.
In the men’s competition a day later, on the night before Friday Finnish time, the BSS-2000 platform of the American manufacturer lasted.
– Fortunately, the men had no problems, and there were no injuries.
Everyone who followed the event noticed how crumbs came off the platform at the throwing place.
Piironen said before qualifying:
– The surface layer of the throwing site has peeled off and is clearly worn. It leaves quite a lot of loose crumbs on top. When competing with a short spike, the loose crumb should be removed so that the foot does not go over the loose crumb.
During the men’s qualifying, stewards swept away loose crumbs after almost every thrower. That was the realization of the Finns: they required the administrators for the brushing work.
– Did it have any effect that they swept away the crumbs – possibly, Piironen speculates.
– Or was it the case that when the athlete was only allowed to use 9 millimeter spikes in their spikes on a 10 millimeter throwing platform, then the foot has to be put on the field properly. If the women gently put down the supporting leg, it bounced off the hard platform, the successful coach continues.
The men’s javelin final will be held the night before Sunday Finnish time. Local time, the race starts on Saturday at 18:35.
– As long as you bravely stomp your foot on the ground and get the pressure against the support, there will hardly be any problems. And besides, the air is cooler than, for example, during women’s qualifying. The men’s final is thrown in the shade.
The tough ones were tough
The throwing area was thoroughly swept during the men’s javelin qualification. PASI LEISMA
Loose crumbs came out of the base. PASI LEISMA
According to Piironen, there were no big surprises in the javelin qualifying.
– Tough is tough. by Keshorn Walcott the lighting was the only surprise. Those who have been convincing all season were convincing in qualifying.
Anderson Peters scored 89.91, India Neeraj Chopra 88,89 and Germany Julian Weber 87,28 and the Czech Republic Jakub Vadlejch 85.23.
– Two floors of people. There was a clear first basket and then a considerable difference to the next one.
In addition to the four tough ones, the following competed in the final competition:
Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt) 83.41
Oliver Helander (Finland) 82.41
Roderick Genki Dean (Japan) 82.34
Curtis Thompson (United States) 81.73
Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) 81.71
Andrian Mardare (Moldova) 80.83
Rohit Yadav (India) 80.42
Lassi Etelätalo (Finland) 80.03
Petteri Piironen works as a javelin throw coach at the Finnish Sports Federation. PASI LEISMA