London Olympic Preview: Men’s Hammer Throw
In normal years the hammer throw is already an event where you never fully know what to expect. This year it is even more so. Not only does the exclusion of the hammer throw from the Diamond League mean that the top names have rarely (if at all) faced each other this year, but three of the favorites have only competed in a combined four meets this year. This makes it incredibly hard to see how everyone stacks up and even more interesting to see how it all unfolds starting on Friday. Below you will find an overview of the competition format, profiles of the top athletes, start lists, 2012 performance lists, and predictions. I’ll also be traveling to London and hope to provide even more updates and a preview of the women’s competition in the coming week.
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[...] everyone wants the answer to is “who will win.” Our sister site Mbingisser.com gives a detailed run down of all the contenders and story lines to watch in London in the men’s comp…. A preview of the women’s competition will be online early next [...]
Great insight and information Martin!
What sucks for the Kamloops group is that the peak probably wasn’t the issue here. Dylan had technical problems (pretty obvious when you see every throw going far to the left, almost out of sector), Justin fouled out, and Kibwe most likely had technical problems. I didn’t see Kibwe throw because the coverage was just awful and hammer didn’t get any attention at all.
Nothing worse than when you know you’re ready, but the big scene gets to you and you mess up.
Being an Olympian is a huge success on it’s own and Canada (and USA) should be proud.
To his credit, Kibwe did add more than two meters to his season best and was just 2cm under his old season’s best in the final too. Sure, he could have and should have thrown much better, but it was a great effort nonetheless.