Topi Parviainen was in her own category in the javelin final at the under-18 European Championships.
Topi Parviainen took the EC gold with a superior throw. Photo from 2018. EERO KÖNÖN
Top Parviainen15, has won the European Under-18 javelin gold in Jerusalem.
Parviainen threw 84.52 in the final, which is also his new own record. Parviainen improved his record by more than 9 meters.
The flock fanned wildly after its throw. The winning throw came on the sixth throw.
– The skill of the last round has been missing for some time, but now it has been found again, Parviainen said in the press release of the Finnish Sports Association.
– Already during the warm-up, I felt that today would go a long way. But I didn’t expect such a hard throw.
Watch Parviainen’s winning throw in the embed below. If the embed below is not visible, you can watch it from here.
Runner-up Hungary Máté Horváth left Parviainen’s result by more than 10 meters. His best throw carried 73.72 meters. The Netherlands won the EC bronze Ryan Jansen with a result of 72.10.
Another Finn was also seen in the final, when Otto Hämäläinen was tenth with a result of 60.51. In the final, a 700 gram javelin was thrown.
Topi Parviainen’s uncle is the spear world champion Aki Parviainen. Her father too Mika Parviainen has thrown more than 80 meters in his career.
Story edited 6.7. at 22:30: Added Topi Parviainen’s comments.