Little Finishes 12th in Javelin

 Mackenize Little has finished 12th with 60.32m in the women’s javelin at the 2024 Olympic Games.

On the final night of competition at Stade de France, expectations were high for world championships bronze medallist Mackenzie, who had thrown a personal best last month.

Mackenize was disappointed with her performance, but stayed out in the centre until the end of the competition to support the other athletes and maximise the experience.

“The Olympics are pretty special and I’m disappointed in my performance in the final,” Mackenzie said. “It’s pretty magical to be in that stadium and I’m so happy for some of my friends.

“I was confident and I’ve been able to perform in majors. I’m healthy and really happy and things are going really well but it’s hard to say (what happened).

“I think now the competition is over you can think about how momentous and mammoth the support is and how much it means to a lot of people. 

“And my coach has done a really good job and my family and friends have been so supportive, I wish it’d gone better.

World Champion Kitaguchi won the competition with her opening throw of 65.80m. Jo-Ane van Dyk won the silver for South Africa and Nikola Ogrodnikova (CZE) won the bronze. 

Article courtesy of the AOC