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Friday, 7 September 2007
Pitkämäki finally strikes gold
Osaka, Japan - It was the 17th and final session of the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics on Sunday (2 Sep) and Finland was still waiting for its first medal, still waiting for even a top-eight finisher. Then along came the men’s Javelin Throw and Tero Pitkämäki. Suddenly it was as if night had turned into day. Or winter into summer.
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