Walcott Wins Men's Javelin Gold - London 2012 Olympics

Highlights of the men's javelin event where Keshorn Walcott (TRI) won the gold medal in the Olympic Park at the London 2012 Olympic Games (11 August 2012). Oleksandr Pyatnytsya (UKR) won silver in the event with Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) claiming the bronze medal. Subscribe to the Olympic channel: http://bit.ly/1dn6AV5 Since 1896, athletics has been on the programme of each edition of the Games of the Olympiad. Its presence on the Games programme has allowed its popularity to increase across the world. This popularity was also strengthened by the creation of the IAAF in 1912. Women's events appeared for the first time at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, while the men's programme was standardised as of the 1932 Games in Los Angeles. Although at the beginning women were authorised to participate in only some events, today their programme is almost identical to that of the men. Find more about Athletics at http://www.olympic.org/athletics

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1. He qualified in Rio today for the finals with the biggest throw overall 88.68! Go Keshorn!!
2. I'm from Trinidad and u should have seen the airport flooding with people waiting for Mr Walcott to come home and it took him 3hrs to get home that day he even got a house and his own holiday that how proud we were for him now were going Brazil 👍
3. Mr Walcott Will do it Again Come 2016 Brazil..Sir Al Says So...Dont underestimate We Caribbean People...
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4. and he's consistent too ,he broke the 90 meter barrier.
5. I'm a girl and I throw 42m with 500g I'm 13
6. shows what throwing stones at mangoes and golden apples can do for you....great job bro
7. fluke..Thorkildesn wasn't in his best
8. First man of African descent to win as well
9. Nice going Countryman....don't study the haters.....luck??? Technique that's it...Well done Keshorn...
10. That Victory Was only luck.
11. 1:06 the commentator says '' luckily no one could come close'' and there was a guy who came 6 cemtimetres away from him lol
12. Words cannot describe how proud our country is of Walcott.. Trinidad and Tobago!
13. haha you can see him say "oooh its heavy"
14. Awesome!
15. im 1 and i throw 500m with 600KG javelin go outside and practice
16. I am 12 and I can throw 35m with a 600g jav
17. first medal i believe
18. Walcott sounds like every other West Indian.
19. A boy in my school can throw 33m he's really good
20. @TotenkopfBlackPrince how heavy was the javelin? 500 or 600g?