Well we know this will be a throw that you will remember for some time. As Keshorn Walcott put all doubters on silence mode by winning gold in the men's Javelin final. He did so with a throw of 88.16 meters. However, it wasn't certain that he would win after six rounds of competition.
00:00Well, on his way to striking gold in the javelin, Kishon Wolcott would have thrown 81.22 meters in his first attempt, before throwing 87.83 in his second.
00:10That effort would have also worn him gold had his 88.16 not worn gold in his fourth attempt.
00:17He threw 81.65 in his third, 85.84 in his fifth, and 83 in his final attempt.
00:25Another Caribbean man, Anderson Peters of Grenada, took silver with 87.38 meters.
00:31He praised the Kishon's effort.
00:33Well, was it surprised to you that Kishon is in so good shape?
00:38I mean, if you look at the distances he's been producing this season, he's been pretty consistent around the 85 meter mark.
00:43Once you're pretty consistent at 85, you know, something is bound to happen in some time, like high 80s, maybe even 90.
00:51I'm surprised he didn't throw 90 because he looked really good.
00:54And the USA's Curtis Thompson got the bronze medal with 86.67 meters.
01:00Wolcott's last throw was just for the spectators and his new coach, Dr. Claus Bartonets, who he praised.
01:07Before coming here, we were in Switzerland.
01:09I told my coach, like, oh, what do you think might be our goal for the qualification and for the final?
01:16So we made a deal, like, okay, I will throw 84 meters in the qualification, and I will throw 89 meters in the final.
01:23I didn't quite achieve this one, but at the end of the day, 88 was enough, you know, and I'm really grateful.
01:28It's been a long 13 years.
01:31My last medal was 2016.
01:33I've been chasing the World Championship for so long, and it finally happened tonight, so I couldn't be more happy.
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