Javelin|Eemil Porvari suffered from various injuries for four years, one of which ended his career as a javelin thrower. On Friday, he raced himself to the 80-meter club.
Lahti
On Friday In the evening of Lahti, the young star of the hometown twinkled.
A name unknown to the general public, a 21-year-old javelin thrower Eemil Porvari started his record factory already in the second round of the race. On a warm summer evening, Porvari improved his record three times.
In the last round, he threw the men’s javelin over 80 meters for the first time in his career. Handsome, new record readings are now recorded at 80.87. Porvarin could ventilate them.
“I have known that such a thing is possible. It’s nice that I was able to measure out its potential”, Porvari smiled and said that in the past, competition performances have been overdone.
The last throw was not perfect. However, this didn’t bother Porvari, even though the EC border was only a couple of meters away.
“Let’s just say I got a good boost for it. It didn’t exactly start in the best possible position, but a bit sideways, but it must be satisfied with such a good throw.”
The number one name for Finnish spearmen Oliver Helander encouraged Porvar to the last throw and shouted “good” when the stick landed more than 80 meters.
The burgher saw the same thing in his and Helander’s throws. The spear of both curved sideways to the left edge of the sector.
“Yes, Oliver still has a lot in stock there too. And maybe I can have a few meters too, if it works out.”
Bourgeois has played a variety of sports. In athletics, in addition to the javelin, he has, for example, competed and jumped the triple jump. According to his own words, he would have had the qualities to specialize in the 400 meters as well.
The javelin has still been Porvar’s dream since childhood.
“I jumped a lot when I was little, but I did so much with the javelin that my father sometimes had to hide the javelin. There were really good foundations made in that time when I was younger.”
The spark for the sport started when Porvari watched as a child Tero Pitkämäki and Antti Ruuskanen long throws. The sport has also always been nice for a Lahti person.
“Even though it sometimes hurts, that’s what I enjoy the most.”
And it has happened.
At the age of 15, Porvari suffered a two-centimeter stress fracture in his shoulder. Since then, various injuries have plagued him until the spring of 2022, when Porvari’s pitching elbow was operated on.
He says that two centimeters of loose pieces were removed from the right elbow and the hand was bled.
“That would have been something for the decision-makers to think about,” said Porvari, when he wondered if his best throw could have broken the EC limit of 83 meters in the optimal position.
The operation was big. A burgher could not throw a spear for six months, and his upper body could not be strained in any way for four months.
“The doctor said that I might not be able to throw the javelin hard anymore, but the hand has rehabilitated so well now that there hasn’t really been any pain anymore,” says Porvari and adds that there were still burns on the elbow last summer.
Already last year, Porvari improved his javelin record to 74.27. During this May, almost seven meters have been added to the record size.
The Javelin Comet the name flashed in the public eye already years ago, when Porvari threw an unofficial 15-year-old ME in Tampere in 2018.
The record was unofficial because MEs are only confirmed for 17-year-olds and older.
A year earlier, Porvari had defeated the 14-year-old SE with a 700-gram spear. The record 68.48 is still the top result in the age group.
Javelin became Porvari’s main sport only a couple of years ago. Until then, he kept the decathlon alongside him. And fighting is still not out of the question.
“Sometimes you can go to a match to do one WC match, but systematic training is key. It allows you to maximize the features.”
Porvari has competed hard in May.
Next, he thought of taking a training break, after which the Lahti resident will see which competitions the doors open for. Finally, Porvari returns to the throwing line in the Kaleva Games in Vaasa.
Porvari hopes to be able to study in the fall. Picture from 2020 from his home.
21-year-old javelin thrower from Lahti.
Thrown his record of 80.87 on Friday at the Lahti GP.
Represent The Power of Hartola.
Coach: Keijo Kylänpää.
Been a really promising javelin thrower as a teenager, but the cycle of injuries has slowed down his breakthrough in the adult series.
Visited after high school in the army and is now taking a gap year. In addition to sports, he works as a substitute teacher and does forest work for his father.
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