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Golden League, Brussels and GP final in men’s javelin, Stuttgart

Golden League, Brussels, 5 September 2008

Pitkämäki wins in Brussels

Tero Pitkämäki threw his javelin in Brussels to his third Golden League victory of the season. The winning throw was his first, 85.32 metres. He would have claimed victory even with his second-longest throw of 85.29.
“I threw a consistent set with ample power this time. The javelin would, however, have flown further if I had managed to get it in a better position. As it was the javelin sort of ploughed against the air with many of my throws.
Second in the Brussels javelin competition was Olympic silver medallist, Latvian Ainars Kovals, with 84.76 m. Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen only threw twice to finish third (82.39 m).
“Andreas said that he felt a slight pain in his groin, which is why he did not want to throw any more,” Pitkämäki said.

The medallists in Brussels:
1 Tero Pitkämäki   FIN 85.32
2 Ainars Kovals  LAT 84.76
3 Andreas Thorkildsen   NOR 82.39

Stuttgart 14 September 2008, GP final in men's javelin

Tero Pitkämäki was third with 81.64 metres in the GP final in men’s javelin in Stuttgart.

The winner was Vadims Vasilevskis of Latvia who threw his season best. His winning throw was 86.65 m. Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen was second with 83.77 m.

The medallists in Stuttgart:
1 Vadims Vasilevskis   LAT 86.65 SB
2 Andreas Thorkildsen  NOR 83.77
3 Tero Pitkämäki       FIN 81.64