Historical: Canadian Katzbeg marked the best hammer throw since 2008 with 84.38 meters

The Canadian Ethan Katzbergcurrent hammer throw world champion, sent a serious warning to all his rivals more than three months before the start of the Paris Olympic Games, after winning this Saturday at the meeting of Nairobi with a mark of 84.38 meters, the best throw in the last sixteen years.

No one has sent a device so far since Belarusian in July 2008 Ivan Tikhondouble world champion in the specialty, was able to reach 84.51 meters.

But the progress of Katzberg, who turned 22 on April 5, seems limitless.

If in 2022 the Canadian counted as his personal best the 76.36 meters with which he won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games held in the English city of Birmingham, a year later Ethan Katzberg was crowned world champion in Budapest with the best that throw of 81.25.

A mark the North American improved on Saturday by more than three meters -3.13- after winning this Saturday’s Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi with a stunning throw of 84.38 meters.

An attempt that allows Katzberg, gold to Santiago de Chile Pan American Games 2023exceeding the Ukrainian by more than three and a half meters Mykhailo Kokhansecond with 80.76 meters, and five more than the Pole Wojciech Nowicki, the current Olympic champion, who closed the podium with a mark of 79.14 meters.

The five-time world champion, Polish Pawel Fajdek, was further back, relegated to fourth place with a best attempt of 75.82 metres.

Data reflecting Canadian brand size Ethan Katzberg, which rose to ninth place in the all-time world ranking, although still a long way from the Soviet record of 86.74 meters. Yuriy Sedykh It has held the world record since August 1986.