Reading through this write up that I found online, it is a very interesting read, and well worth it. Personally

Sadly I can not find the name of the writer but if anyone happens to know who it is please comment on this article.

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It is 2019 and there hasn't even been one article.

Why? 

Throwholics is going through change, to put it bluntly, some of the team are buy with other endeavours, work, school, sports family.

it happens, I'm personally going to make it my job to see Throwholics change with the times, at the same time as having a website page I want to make it more of a community than it ever has been. A place to actually chat and communicate. and of course share.

social media as we know if the centre of our…

Before you start reading, I'm sure some of you will agree and disagree with what I have said, but article is to spark discussion. But if you do disagree, please do not hate on the article.



A new rule proposed by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) that could result in any Athletes (In this case throwing related World record holders) being stripped of their respective world records in track and field, this is according to Sean Ingle of The Guardian.

broken major…

Dear throwers.
I had the privilege of reviewing the brand new Aero Ghost javelin from Spearwerx.

About Spearwerx
Born out of the absolute passion for athletics and track and field, SPEARWERX started as your traditional “garage startup”. Our first javelins were made simply to supply a need for our owner to have javelins to train with.
After Intensive research into metallurgy, aerodynamics, manufacturing processes and consultations with the world’s best javelin designer soon followed. The…

Aled Sion Davies is "devastated" that he will not be able to defend his Paralympic F42 discus title after the event was cut from the Rio 2016 Games.The Welshman is also the world and European champion and record holder.

But the 24-year-old will now have to concentrate on the shot put. Davies tweeted: "[International Paralympic Committee] have confirmed they won't be reinstating my discus into Rio 2016 - devastated I won't be able to defend my London 2012 gold."

The Bridgend product won bronze…

Americas Throwers announced for the 2018 Cup Ostrava that are to be held on 8-9 September.

To keep this simple and Straight to the point, the following athletes have been selected.







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John Ampomah was named the Conference USA Male Field Athlete of the Year Friday.

"He works very hard and is extremely competitive,"

Blue Raiders track and field coach Dean Hayes said:

"He really has shown great potential, and it is a payoff for all the hard work he has put in through the year."

Ampomah, a Ghana native, captured the attention of MTSU and C-USA after throwing a 2015 NCAA-best 81.55 meters at the Penn Relays, winning the competition.

The junior also went on to finish second at…

Andreas Thorkildsen has taken to twitter to announced the following.

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Andreas Thorkildsen is the 6th best javelin thrower with the current javelin model. with a personal best of 91.59 that he set back in 2006. Last season he only managed 80.79 in Praha. due to injury.

My opinion on Andreas Thorkildsen Missing this season out.

"I think that the decision that Andreas is making is a sensible decision, missing this season out will allow him to take time in preparing for a good…

On his sixth and last attempt, Ryohei Arai got off the kind of throw he has long been aiming for in an injury-plagued season.

Arai broke the meet record in the men’s javelin with a toss of 84.13 meters on the final day of the Japan championships at Denka Big Swan Stadium on Sunday, giving him a second straight title and a ticket to his first IAAF world championships.

I threw the way I wanted to. It’s been a while since I’ve had that feeling,

While the 24-year-old Arai eclipsed Genki Dean’s…

Javelin Thrower from Berkshire breaks his own British record for the third time!

Ben East from Hungerford, UK competed at Bedford international stadium this weekend at the national championships, this was his first time at the competition, and what a way to remember it, he was throwing in the U15 Javelin competition where he broke his old record of 66.95 which he achieved at the English schools competition in Birmingham, but this time he passed the record with a throw of 67.04 which he throwed…

Poland’s 2013 IAAF World Championships hammer gold medallist Pawel Fajdek extended his winning streak to nine competitions when he won at the Paavo Nurmi Games, an IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge meeting, with 80.71m in front of a capacity crowd of 12,000 in the Finnish city of Turku on Thursday (25).

It was his second 80m-plus competition in the space of six days after winning at the European Team Championships with 81.64m in Cheboksary, Russia, on Saturday.

Fajdek then took the narrowest of…

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Im not going to make this long, basically Throwholics for some time has taken a decline, mainly because I myself am the only one posting. Mainly because to be fair everyone has a life to lead to free time is hard to come by.
I don't honestly know what will become of this website, but I think it will stand as storage of old content.


Edit: I’m trying to figure out a good solution. So I will of course update you all in due course.

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I was not Goldie Sayers's competition today as she fails to throw the qualification distance for the Beijing world championships, Sayers could only manage a distance of 58.28 on her 1st throw, and following it up with 58.11 for her 2nd throw.

with a Automatic qualification distance set at 63.50 Sayers needed to throw over it or as close to as she could, her current PB is set at 66.17, but sadly she did not manage a counted 3rd throw in the competition, with her hand going just over the line. a…

Today saw the women's Javelin Throw competition take place at the 2015 world championships today with a very close competition.

All women were out in force today to battle for the top 3 positions, but only one thrower would go away with the gold medal and crowned the 2015 world champion, Starting us of Barbora Špotáková (CZE) the current woman's world record holder in the javelin, did not have a good competition, and sadly didn't go away with the gold medal, with a throw of only 60.08 she was…

Chilean athlete Odette Palma has been living in Shrewsbury for three weeks while visiting her boyfriend’s family.

The popular 32-year-old recently qualified for next month’s Pan-American Games – America’s version of the European Championships – in Canada and Palma.

She's been training rigorously at Shrewsbury Athletics Club to keep her skills sharp during her stay, Palma lives and trains in Australia with former Commonwealth Games gold medalist Peter Farmer.

Farmer also taken time out to…

History was made at the Sainsbury Birmingham Diamond League meet on Sunday as the javelin stole the headlines

The Olympic champ Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago set a national record of 86.43 in round 3 but was one-upped by Kenya’s Julius Yego in the same round with a throw of 86.53.
Vitezslav Vesely, the 2013 World Champion, who won the great javelin competition earlier in the week in Rome where he had to throw 88.14 to beat the then national record of Yego (87.71) , was having a…

August 04 2017 saw the first day of the IAAF 2017 world championships taking place in the Olympic stadium in London, and the field events where off to a flying start with the Men's Discus qualification round with Piotr Malachowski , Robert Harting, Daniel Stahl & Gerd Kanter in the spotlight to not only go straight though to the final but to battle it out for the world champion title, after a tough competition in both Group A & B the final standings for both qualification rounds came down to…

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Javelin throwers including the likes of Neeraj Chopra, Shivraj Singh, Annu Rani, Rohit Yadav and Rajinder Singh have started a month long training camp in Bhubaneswar.
This is the first time they have all been training together since the Covid19 Lock down.
While under the watchful eyes of the legend himself Uwe Hon

Tom Walsh has won the World Indoor Championships shot put final, The Kiwi thrower threw 22.13m twice in competition and then he threw his winning throw of 22.31m to set a championship record a record that hasn't been beaten in 31 years, he also achieved a brand new New Zealand record.

it was truly a battle on Saturday in Birmingham England with seven athletes throwing over 21m in the competition, the most ever for an indoor shot put competition so far.

Walsh has a personal bet with his coach…