Thirteen years after he burst on to the international stage with his surprise Olympic victory in 2012, Trinidad & Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott won his second global title in the men’s javelin, winning at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 with 88.16m.
His victory in Tokyo on Thursday (18) wasn’t quite as surprising as his Olympic triumph more than a decade ago, but it was still unexpected. He took the lead in round two with 87.83m, then threw farther in round four with 88.16m.
Two-time world champion Anderson Peters claimed silver with his second-round throw of 87.38m and USA’s Curtis Thompson earned a surprise bronze with 86.67m.
World leader Julian Weber placed fifth (86.11m), defending champion Neeraj Chopra was eighth (84.03m) and Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem was 10th (82.75m).
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