Grenada's Anderson Peters pulled off a shock win in the javelin at the worl...
DOHA - Grenada’s Anderson Peters pulled off a shock win in the javelin at the world athletics championships on Sunday after an unpredictable event where Olympic champion Thomas Rohler failed to reach the final.
Peters won with a throw of 86.89 as he gave the tiny Caribbean nation their second-ever world championship gold, following Kirani James’ 400 meters win in 2011 - an event which inspired him to take up athletics. Estonia’s Magnus Kirt was second with 86.21 although he retired from the competition after appearing to injure his shoulder with his fifth throw.
“I always wanted to be a sprinter but I kept getting injuries, so my coach and I decided to try another event and we chose javelin and it turned out that I was pretty good at it,” he added.
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