Mens javelin throw
Steven Downes for IAAF
22 October 2000 Gerhardus Pienaar underlined what a great championships these have been for South Africa, when he won his teams fourth gold medal in the mens javelin final here on Sunday.
The big mans third-round national junior record 78.11 metres secured the title, from Norways Andreas Thorkilsen, whose 76.34 was also a national junior best.
Korea won their first medal of the championships, thanks to the fourth-round effortof 72.36 by Jae-Myong Park.