Eemil Porvari, 21, joined the Finnish 80-meter club in Lahti. The versatile youngster would be a dominant javelin thrower in 10 matches.
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Urheilu’s commentator Kimmo Porttila exclaimed the expert at the Lahti GP evening Jaakko Ojaniemi for an interesting statement. The former 10-year-old made the 21-year-old Eemil from Porvar in the fourth round of the javelin throw of a hard comparison.
Porvari had just thrown his record for the second time during the race. This time 79.78.
– It’s a very good-looking thing to do. Resemble Jan Zelezny throwing. I think he has reeled through Zelezny’s throws somewhat. There really is a similar spark. He also looks for a lot of rotation in the throw, Ojaniemi marveled.
The comparison is very tough, because Zelezny is one of the best javelin throwers of all time. He holds the javelin (new model) world record, a whopping 98.48. The Czech broke it in May 1996 in Jena.
The javelin legend, who will turn 60 in a couple of years, is a three-time Olympic champion in the sport. He also has three World Championship golds.
In the final round, Porvari dropped his record to 80.87. This is how he became a new man in the 80 meter Finnish club.
He was second in the race by Oliver Helander (84.43) after.
Versatility
Porvari has been in a strong attack since the beginning of the season. The record has already improved by almost six and a half meters this year.
Breaking the 80-meter mark naturally means a lot to a javelin thrower.
– Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve watched the javelin throw and thought that one day it would be cool to throw like that. It does feel great.
Porvari is a very versatile javelin thrower. For example, he has competed in the triple jump in the finals of the Kaleva Games.
In the decathlon last year, Porvari took his record score of 7,133, which placed him seventh in the Finnish statistics.
If the decathlon were Porvar’s main sport, he would have the guts to take over a huge achievement. Has scored the hardest javelin in the decathlon Peter Blankwhich fetched 79.80 32 years ago.
– Javelin was selected as the number one sport a couple of years ago. There is a match in a way still involved. Versatile training is important. Let’s take care of speed and flexibility, says Porvari.
Porvari was born in 2003. Zelesny ended his career three years later.
A smile came to the young man’s face when he heard the Zelesny parable.
– I have watched throwing videos of him. There has been a lot of viewing, Porvari admitted.