Just misses the podium
Vicky Hudson strong javelin throw fourth at the final!
One day after the great third place of discus ace Lukas Weißhaidinger, Victoria Hudson also ensured a top place at the Diamond League final!
The "Krone" reports from Brussels!
Austria's European javelin champion finished a strong fourth with 62.30 m - just ten centimeters short of a podium place. The winner was Haruka Kitaguchi from Japan. The Olympic and world champion won the prize money of 30,000 dollars with a distance of 66.13 m.
"It was a really cool competition!"
"I am completely satisfied. I enjoyed the atmosphere, it was a lot of fun. It was a really cool competition," said a delighted Hudson, "it was a very strong end to the season for me. I can go into the break feeling good and pain-free."
Hudson had started in Brussels with the firm intention of "showing her true strength". She wanted to forget her disappointment at the Olympic Games in Paris, where she had failed to qualify.
Second best competition ever in the Diamond League
She succeeded in doing just that at the end of the season in front of 35,000 spectators in the King Baudouin Stadium. After 60.81 m in the first round, she followed up with a very good 62.30 m, which put her in fourth place at half-time after three attempts.
She then risked everything to get even further ahead. But in the end she remained in this position, for which she received 4000 dollars. Alongside Haruka Kitaguchi, only the European Championship silver medallist Adriana Vilagos (SRB/65.23) and US champion Maggie Mallone-Hardin (62.40) were ahead of her.
Ten centimeters short of third place
Hudson was naturally a little upset that she was ten centimeters short of third place. But in fourth place in this high-class final, she put in just as strong a performance as Weißhaidinger in third place the day before. The fact that world-class distances of 66.13 m and 65.23 m were thrown at the top was sensational.
After sixth place last year in Eugene, Hudson improved to fourth place in her second final appearance in the Diamond League. This final was also her second best competition ever in the Diamond League. She was only better last year - also in Brussels - when she came second with 64.65m.
Victoria Hudson's best competitions in the Diamond League
64.65 (2) - Brussels - 08.09.2023
62.30 (4) - Brussels - 14.09.2024
61.64 (3) - Bern - 21.08.2021
61.24 (5) - Lausanne - 30.06.2023
60.35 (6) - London - 20.07.2024
59.35 (4) - Monaco - 12.07.2024
59.34 (6) - Oslo - 01.07.2021
59.07 (7) - Silesia - 25.08.2024
57.99 (6) - Eugene - 16.09.2023
56.45 (7) Monaco - 09.07.2021
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