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Lü Huihui (Chinese: 吕会会; born 26 June 1989) is a Chinese athlete who competes in the javelin throw. [1] She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and bronze medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships.
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m ... In international competition, men throw a javelin between 2.6 and 2.7 m (8 ft ...
On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist Lü Huihui took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion Barbora Špotáková fouled. The third-place thrower was Kelsey-Lee Barber, almost two metres behind
“Almost 40,000 people were in attendance, but crowds never affect me when I am in competition, so I did not pay any attention to them,” Oberst wrote in the journal he kept while competing in ...
Women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships Venue Olympic Stadium Dates 6 August (qualification) 8 August (final) Competitors 31 from 22 nations Winning distance 66.76 Medalists Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic Li Lingwei China Lü Huihui China ← 2015 2019 → Video on YouTube Official Video Events at the 2017 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 ...
The javelin throw at the Summer Olympics is one of four track and field throwing events held at the multi-sport event. The men's javelin throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1908 , being the last of the current throwing events to feature at the Olympics after the shot put , discus throw and hammer throw .
For the men's javelin throw event, 32 athletes were eligible to qualify for the event with a maximum of three athletes per nation. The qualification could be secured either by achieving the entry standard of 85.50 m in the qualification period (between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024) or by the World Athletics Ranking for the event. [5]
The first world record in the men's javelin throw was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [ 1 ] As of 21 June 2009, 46 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [ 1 ]