History maker: Barber becomes first woman to defend javelin world title | mickgleeson
also begins the decathlon, where he hopes to again be on the dais by Monday afternoon.
“What I was able to do on the runway tonight was to put everything aside and just throw the javelin,” she said.It was a welcome change for Barber from her recent championships victories where she had left it all to the clutch moment to deliver her best. In Tokyo, when she won bronze, and in Doha, with her gold throw, she left it to her final throws to pull out her best. Here, she began solidly and built from there.
Little, a 25-year-old medical student from Sydney who was a finalist at the Tokyo Olympics last year, opened the competition with the throw of her life. When it mattered, Little threw big.She set the standard with a stunning opening throw of 63.22m, the biggest of her life right when she needed it. That put her in the lead for several rounds.
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