Andreas Thorkildsen hopeful ahead of European Championships
Of Norwegian origin, javelin throw specialist Andreas Thorkildsen is an established athlete in the international forum. An Olympic champion consecutively, first at the Athens Olympics held in 2004 and then the Beijing Olympics held in 2008, he certainly proved his worth to the Norwegian athletics squad, as well as to the entire country. He was crowned European Champion in 2006, adding further to his long list of accolades and establishing him indefinitely as one of the finest athletes the world has witnessed in recent times.
2009 proved to be his most fruitful year as this young Norwegian athlete was hailed World Champion, and being an epitome of his athletic class. Therefore Andreas Thorkildsen has to his name the honor and privilege of being the first javelin thrower in the history of athletics to be crowned Olympics Champion, European Champion as well as World Champion. He has also won silver medals twice at the World Championships, once in 2005 and then in 2007. Ever since September of 2008, Thorkildsen has been reigning the IAAF world rankings in the frame of javelin throw. Nine years ago, this established athlete set a World junior record, and it is simply fascinating to discover that he still holds this record. His current personal best at the javelin is a mark of 91.59 meters, a feat he accomplished in 2006.
Also an ambassador for the prestigious Samsung Diamond League, Andreas Thorkildsen has a very hectic week ahead of him as he prepares to defend his European title in the leg of the League to be hosted by Barcelona, Spain. In a statement released by the javelin thrower, he assured his fans that he is through will all his pre championship training sessions and all seems well ahead of the rooted meeting in Barcelona next week. Shedding some light on the past few weeks, Thorkildsen articulated that the season so far has been amazing for him: well enough, with successful victories at Laussane and Paris, one would hardly disagree.
The Norwegian athlete further said that the Samsung Diamond League has so far emerged to be very memorable for him in terms of his professional career; with his worst throw in the series being 86 meters, the athlete definitely does not have much reason to worry. If he emerges successful again in Stockholm, he will be the overall victor of the Samsung Diamond League title. He highlighted that his greatest priority right now remains the European Championships; he feels ranging in the distance of 88 meters will be sufficiently safe for him to bag a title again at the European Championships. Considering that his personal best is 3 meters well enough of this foreseen mark, one can expect this Norwegian athlete to add another memento to his collection of titles in the recent future.
Andreas Thorkildsen conceded his statement by saying that he hopes he has a gold medal around his neck this time next month, and considering the level of consistency this athlete has been displaying, one cannot beg to disagree. With an extremely impressive personal best, a record to his name even after nine years of setting it, and the feat of being crowned Olympics, European as well as World Champion, the prospects do seem sufficiently bright.
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