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It seems that rains usually come to bless a successful day, and it was the case at the Kip Keino Classic – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – in Nairobi on Saturday (20). A warm day turned into a cool afternoon, and it only began to rain in the last event of the evening.
World champion Ethan Katzberg provided the highlight in the men’s hammer, throwing 84.38m – the farthest mark since 2008 – to move to ninth on the world all-time list.
All five of his valid throws surpassed the previous PB of 81.25m that he set to win the world title in Budapest last year. The Canadian 22-year-old opened with 81.25m, improved to 82.06m in the second round and then fouled the third. His fourth throw was 81.50m and then he launched the implement 84.38m on his fifth try before completing his series with 83.26m.
Mykhaylo Kokhan also threw beyond 80 metres, his best of 80.76m securing him second place ahead of Wojciech Nowicki (79.14m) and Pawel Fajdek (75.82m).
In the women’s hammer throw, USA’s world silver medallist Janee Kassanavoid won with her fifth-round 75.99m. She had gone into the contest as the athlete to watch, and on her second attempt she threw 74.22m to take the lead, moving Romania’s Bianca Ghelber to second place with her first throw of 73.38m. Beatrice Nedberge Llano of Norway was third after a 70.77m throw.
SOURCE: World Athletics
