Things to look out for in Osaka: Men's field.
August 20th 2007 21:54
With just 3 days to go lets take a closer look at the men’s field events.
The Hammer throw is one of the most open events of the championships with 9 men having thrown beyond 80m this year. Better yet 3 men have beaten the 82m mark this year. Vadim Devyatovskiy leads the world standings with an 82.94m throw but fellow Bellarussian Ivon Tikhon (82.58m) and Slovenian Primoz Kosmus (82.30m) are close enough to give the world leader a strong challenge.
The shot putt looks to be a straight out tussle between Americans Adam Nelson and Reese Hoffa. Nelson, the defending champion is currently second on the world list to Hoffa’s 22.43m set at the Crystal Palace Super Grand Prix last month.
The Javelin features a four way tussle for the gold with world leader Breaux Greer (91.29) of the USA, Finn Tero Pitkämäki (91.23), Latvia’s Olympic silver medallist Vadim Vasilevskis (90.73) and Norway’s Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen (89.49).
Moving onto a different run way the Triple Jump is as intriguing as a good poker game since the medal contendors have been keeping their cards very close to their collective chests.
Swedish Olympic champion Christian Olsen has been the stand out name since the retirement of the legendary Johnathan Edwards and as he missed the last championships in Helsinki with injury would be a popular winner but he has competed sparcely thus far.
Brazillian Jadel Gregorio is the world leader but hasn’t jumped anywhere near as far as the 17.90m he recorded at his national championships away from home.
The final possible winner is defending champion American Walter Davis who is frantically seeking a return to the form of two years ago.
The Pole vault this year looks set to be a three way tussle between America in the form of Olympic silver medallist Brad Walker (5.95m), Australia (Steve Hooker and Paul Burgess who have both cleared 5.91m) and Germany with Tim Lobinger, Danny Ecker, and Björn Otto representing the countries best chance of a medal from the male side.
It would be very impressive to see a 6m plus clearance win it but Pole Vault is nothing if not unpredictable.
The Hammer throw is one of the most open events of the championships with 9 men having thrown beyond 80m this year. Better yet 3 men have beaten the 82m mark this year. Vadim Devyatovskiy leads the world standings with an 82.94m throw but fellow Bellarussian Ivon Tikhon (82.58m) and Slovenian Primoz Kosmus (82.30m) are close enough to give the world leader a strong challenge.
The shot putt looks to be a straight out tussle between Americans Adam Nelson and Reese Hoffa. Nelson, the defending champion is currently second on the world list to Hoffa’s 22.43m set at the Crystal Palace Super Grand Prix last month.
The Javelin features a four way tussle for the gold with world leader Breaux Greer (91.29) of the USA, Finn Tero Pitkämäki (91.23), Latvia’s Olympic silver medallist Vadim Vasilevskis (90.73) and Norway’s Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen (89.49).
Moving onto a different run way the Triple Jump is as intriguing as a good poker game since the medal contendors have been keeping their cards very close to their collective chests.
Swedish Olympic champion Christian Olsen has been the stand out name since the retirement of the legendary Johnathan Edwards and as he missed the last championships in Helsinki with injury would be a popular winner but he has competed sparcely thus far.
Brazillian Jadel Gregorio is the world leader but hasn’t jumped anywhere near as far as the 17.90m he recorded at his national championships away from home.
The final possible winner is defending champion American Walter Davis who is frantically seeking a return to the form of two years ago.
The Pole vault this year looks set to be a three way tussle between America in the form of Olympic silver medallist Brad Walker (5.95m), Australia (Steve Hooker and Paul Burgess who have both cleared 5.91m) and Germany with Tim Lobinger, Danny Ecker, and Björn Otto representing the countries best chance of a medal from the male side.
It would be very impressive to see a 6m plus clearance win it but Pole Vault is nothing if not unpredictable.
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