2006 World Junior (Under 20
born 1987 or later)
World Championships
Beijing, China - August 15-20
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Men's Javelin
A couple of very successful
Greek throwers will battle a talented group here. Yervasios Filippidis
(Greece) is the top returnee from the 2004 World Junior Championship
meet at fifth place, with a 73.37 (240-08) toss there. He has improved
to 79.42 (260-07) in 2006. Teammate Ioannis Smalios (Greece) was the
2005 European Junior Champ at 77.25 (253-05), with a 74.52 (244-06)
2006 best. Ari Mannio (Finland) was sixth in that 2004 World Junior
meet, with his 79.68 2006 best (261-05) making him the #11 All-Time
World Junior Thrower in this event. Robert Oosthuizen (South Africa)
has thrown 79.43 (260-07) this season, marking him as the #15 All-Time
Junior in world history.
Others with the credentials
to threaten are Chinese Junior National Champion Li Yu 75.48 (247-08)
this season, with 2005 World Youth Champ Noel Meyer (South Africa) 75.19
(246-08) with the bigger implement used at this level this season, and
Roman Avramenko (Ukraine), second at the Marrakech World Youth Meet
74.52 (244-06) this year.
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