There is no change in the top three of the Decathlon after the Javelin Throw, the ninth of 10 Decathlon disciplines.
Bryan Clay of the United States is out in front of a dangerous group of competitors. Clay, silver medalist at Athens 2004, scored 904 points with a launch of 70.97m in this discipline, which brings him a total of 8269 points.
Andrei Krauchanka from Belarus keeps his position in second place after throwing 60.23m for 741 points. So far, he has accumulated 7790 points, holding off Alexander Pogorelov from Russia with a total of 7777 points. Pogorelov threw 64.01m for 798 points.
The farthest throw in this discipline was 73.98m, scoring 950 points for Leonel Suarez of Cuba, bringing him up to fourth place with a total of 7777 points and tying Pogorelov.
Decathlon world record holder and reigning world and Olympic champion Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic has moved up again to fifth position from seventh. He now has 7620 points after scoring 797 points with a throw of 63.93 m. Sebrle set the world record seven years ago with a final score of 9026.
The last discipline of the Decathlon, the 1500m, will be held at 9:40 p.m. (UTC/GMT +8) on August 22 at the National Stadium.
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)