Statistically speaking, the winner of this year\u2019s Javelin Throw competition at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games will be Andreas Thorkildsen. The Olympic and World Champion won on home soil in 2006 and 2008, while his big oponent Tero Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki from Finland was not to be beaten in the odd years 2005, 2007, and 2009.<\/p>\n
At the Press Conference held in the meet hotel Radission Blu Plaza today, both athletes stressed the fact of the spectators influence. \u201cThe crowd is amazing in Oslo\u201d, Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki said, \u201cthey cheer, they know what\u2019s going on.\u201d Thorkildsen added: \u201cThe crowd helps you going, they produce a kind of better atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two super-stars aren\u2019t even in all issues. Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki had an up-and-down preparation during winter times, good training performances changed with not-so-good ones. He struggled with his run-up, but his goal does not change for tomorrow\u2019s competition: to throw longer than Andreas does. <\/p>\n
In the head-to-head, the Finn will remain in the lead also if losing. At the moment, the score is 26-24 against Thorkildsen. But this is not that important. \u201cI had a fantastic training season\u201d, the athlete from Kristiansand said. \u201cThere were no injuries leading up to the competition season and I was able to work more consistently on a higher level.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thorkildsen\u2019s personal best dates from 2006, when he threw the javelin 91,59 meters. With a seasonal best of 90,37 on May 29th in Flor\u00f8 already achieved, he will attack his long-standing mark now. \u201cIn 2006, it was at the Bislett Games. It would be the nicest place imagineable to do it again\u201d, Thorkildsen said. \u201cThe expectations are high, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both athletes agreed that the new counting system will bring excitement and tension in the Diamond League\u2019s javelin throw competitions until the final in Brussels later this year. With the old system, one athlete had to win all competitions to receive the jackpot or a share of it. With the new one, the winner gets 4 points, the runner-up 2 and the third placed 1. Who achieves most points will be honoured with a diamond. \u201cWe already know that someone will win this price\u201d, Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki commented. \u201cWe have two important titles to fight for this season\u201d, Thorkildsen said, \u201cthe European Championships and the diamond.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fast, consistent and powerful is how the athlete from Ilmajoki (360 km north of Helsinki) describes his Norwegian counterpart. Tall, handsome and Finnish countered Thorkildsen. But the most important answers will be given on the field of play. Who will be the better one at the 2010 Bislett Games?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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