Lassi Etelätalo was the best Finn, eighth with a result of 84.58.
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The Olympic final of the men’s javelin was expected to be high based on the qualification. However, the final race turned out to be a shocking spectacle.
of Pakistan Arshad Nadeem became the Olympic champion by hitting a miraculous 92.97 in the second round. This is a new wild Olympic record. The medals went with very hard results.
Watch Nadeem’s winning throw in the video above.
of India Neeraj Chopra bagged silver with a throw of 89.45 and Grenada Anderson Peters bronze 88.54. Thus, the Europeans were completely left without medals.
Already in the second round, the silver was secured with a top result of 89.45 and the bronze with 87.87. Olympic champion of Trinidad Kerhorn Walcott held sixth with an arc of 86.16.
Czech Republic in the third round Jakub Vadlejch with this result of 88.50 you placed third behind Nadeem and Chopra. On the fourth lap, Peters wedged past for third.
Lassi Etelätalo it was iron again in the value competition final. He clocked 84.58 with his third, which was enough for the last three rounds. Etelätalo was eighth and new to its ranking at the Olympics three years ago.
Oliver Helander was ninth (82.68) and Toni Keränen tenth (80.92).
Finland has had an athlete in the top eight in every men’s javelin competition at the Olympics, with the exception of the 1956 Melbourne Games, when the Finns had no representatives in the sport at all.