NEERAJ CHOPRA IS NOMINATED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS BREAKTHROUGH AWARD!

Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas and Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra, meanwhile, are nominated for the Breakthrough award. World Athletics Link

WHAT A BREAKTHROUGH IN 2021!

STEVE BACKLEY – World Athletics Podcast – javelin special

World Athletics / The latest edition of the World Athletics Podcast brings together three legends of the javelin, with Neeraj Chopra and Julius Yego joined by host Steve Backley.

HERCZEG AND VILAGOS WERE THE JAVELIN THROW U18 WORLD LEADERS IN 2021!

Hungary & Serbia, the two leading nations that gave the youth javelin throw leaders in 2021. Both young athletes had a remarquable year!

Herczeg and Vilagos celebrate their performance at the JenJavelin Festival in Jena (Sept 18. 2021)

With a new Hungarian U18 javelin throw record of 80.44m (700g javelin ) György Herczeg was chosen for the ‘Athlete of the Year’ in Hungary. He was also the age group leader with 800g with a distance of 73.74m, the only thrower who could pass 70m with senior equipment in 2021 (at the U20 EU Athletics Championship, Tallinn). To compare HERCZEG’s U18 result of 73.74m with 800g, Jan ZELEZNY threw 74.34m (old 800g), Andreas THORKILDSEN 72.11m, Neeraj CHOPRA 70.19m, Tero PITKÄMÄKI 66.83m, Johannes VETTER 51.77m.

Adriana Vilagos broke the world U18 record with 500g javelin with 70.10m! Serbia’s olympic hope were not only the ‘Athlete of the year’ in 2021, but won the prestigious Women’s ‘Rising Star’ award by European Athletics. Besides Adriana won all the competition in her age group, she was also the winner of the U20 World Athletics Championship in Nairobi, Kenya. The winning distance was 61.46m, close to her PB of 62.36m (also world leader of U18 and U20 in 2021).

One of the next targets for both young athletes is the U20 World Athletics Championship in Cali, Columbia (August 1-6, 2022).

MIKLÓS NÉMETH 75! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Miklós Németh (born 23 October 1946) is a Hungarian Olympic champion and former World Record holder in the javelin throw. Born in Budapest, he is the son of Imre Németh who won the Olympic gold in the hammer throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Nemeth’s winning effort at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was also a world record for the event. His mark of 94.58 meters came in the first round of throwing, completely demoralizing Nemeth’s dazed competitors. Silver medalist Hannu Siitonen of Finland, whose record, thrown in June 1973, was 93.90 meters,[1] could do no better than 87.92 — more than 6.5 meters (nearly 22 feet) behind Miklos Németh. He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the year for his achievement.

Nemeth’s gold medal performance stood as the global standard in the javelin until 23 April 1980, when fellow Hungarian Ferenc Paragi launched the spear 96.72 meters. (WIKIPEDIA)

All competition results of Miklós Nemeth LINK

HERCZEG GYÖRGY 80.44M JAVELIN THROW 700G U18WL

The performance of october in track and field, javelin thrower György Herczeg (2004) from Hungary 80.44m in javelin throw (700g) NR u18 in Vác (Hungary) during Miklos Nemeth Meeting

With his throw György leads both U18 700g and 800g (with a throw of 73.74m, Tallinn U20 European Championship Q1). World Atletics Link to U18 ranking list 2021.