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A disappointed Johannes cousin
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ALEKSANDRA SZMIGIEL / REUTERS
Top favorite Johannes Vetter clearly missed a medal in the javelin throw at the Olympic Games.
The German record holder from Offenburg had to be content with 82.52 m and ninth place in the final in Tokyo.
The clear number one in the world was already only a spectator in the final battle of the best eight.
On Friday, Christin Hussong had already disappointed with ninth place in the javelin throw.
Vetter visibly had problems with the run-up in Tokyo, slipped away when thrown.
The organizers had tried to cool down the Mondo in-run lane with hundreds of ice packs before the start of the competition in order to enable Vetter and Co. to stand firmly when thrown.
The ex-world champion held on to the painful left foot after the second attempt - about a ton of weight rests on the joint when it is thrown.
"He dominated everything for two years"
Christina Obergföll, the former javelin world champion, said in a channel on ZDF.
“He's clearly slipped the last two attempts.
That he is ninth is a disaster.
He dominated everything for two years, now he's going out like that due to these external circumstances. "
In the run-up to the Games, Vetter, who is sensitive to the inrun surface, was happy that a Mondo track was laid in the Olympic Stadium.
The others got along better with the conditions.
Vetter was already below his possibilities in the qualification.
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