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U.S. men’s javelin record holder Breaux Greer bettered the automatic qualifying mark on his third and final attempt during Friday morning’s qualifying at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.
Greer (Scottsdale, Ariz.) failed to surpass the automatic qualifying mark of 82.00 meters/269 feet on his first two throws, but after […]

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Hannah Carson broke her own national record in the youth girls’ javelin Thursday at the 2007 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Benedictine University.
Carson (Mesa, Ariz.) defended her title with her record-setting throw of 45.20 meters/148 feet 3 inches. Carson had set the previous record last year at the USATF National Junior […]

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Goldie Sayers who set a UK javelin record of 65.05 meters a fortnight earlier, scored the biggest victory of her international career. Sayers, with a second-round throw of 63.59 meters, beat German European champion Steffi Nerius at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Glasgow.

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After setting the U.S. women’s javelin throw record five times in 2006, four-time national champion and 2004 Olympian Kim Kreiner has done it again.
Kreiner threw 64.19 meters/210 feet 7 inches to win the javelin Wednesday in Fortaleza, Brazil. Her performance, which betters her previous AR of 62.44m/204-10, stands as the world’s leading women’s javelin throw […]

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It takes so much work and time to train to become outstanding at any endeavor that there are very few people who have risen to the top of the world’s stage in more than one field. At age 26, Micheline Ostermeyer of France won Olympic gold medals in both the shot put and discus, and […]

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Olympic decathlon champion Roman Sebrle is feeling lucky to be alive.
During a training accident in South Africa on Saturday, he only narrowly escaped death when a javelin plunged into his shoulder.
Completely immersed in his own training, and oblivious to the javelin throwers practicing nearby, Sebrle crossed the practice field without thinking twice. […]

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