Junior Shot Put '13 [Gill in Sweden video]

[leoesharkey]

Potentially this young man could break the US record, he could go 64 with the big ball and maybe 72 with the 6k? I hope he focuses on it and gives Jacko a run for his money !

[gh]

Vena 64-¼ (19.51) at the ACC.... now No. 7 U.S. Junior ever.

[gh]

also PRed to win the discus: 179-11 (54.84)

[leoesharkey]

So he certainly could go 64 LOL he has. He could go 65 and 73-74?

[bushop]

Gill peeks out from his self-imposed hermitage.

170kg (374lb) - 9 reps. 17 years old Training for World Junior Track and Field championships 2012, in Barcelona :)

[Marlow]

170kg (374lb) - 9 reps. 17 years old

That about says it all. It's ridiculous.
With his speed, strength, technique, passion, dedication, etc., etc., the only thing that can stop him from getting the WR is injury. If anything, his coach should be reining him in at this stage!

[Rye Catcher]

Gill peeks out from his self-imposed hermitage.

170kg (374lb) - 9 reps. 17 years old Training for World Junior Track and Field championships 2012, in Barcelona

With no spotter, what happens if he fails to get that last rep up? Not smart to workout alone.

[Vault-emort]

Quick question, are there other junior men throwing the shot this year or is Gill it?

Aussie Damien Birkenhead (b93) is not in Gill's league but set a NJR for the 6kg shot a coupla weeks back in Melbourne (20.51m). His best with the senior shot is 18.48 and he's also not bad at the Hammer.

[Marlow]

Quick question, are there other junior men throwing the shot this year or is Gill it?

Aussie Damien Birkenhead (b93) is not in Gill's league but set a NJR for the 6kg shot a coupla weeks back in Melbourne (20.51m). His best with the senior shot is 18.48 and he's also not bad at the Hammer.

I realize the Q was facetious, but the other Jr 20m-ers from last year with 6kg ball are

20.92 Krzysztof Brzozowski POL
20.63 Meng Li CHN
20.10 Dennis Lewke GER
20.10 Damien Birkinhead AUS
[from IAAF.org]

[bushop]

If I may... an interesting video, well worth the watch... all the way to the end.

World Juniors Training video - Jacko Gill

[preston]

If I may... an interesting video, well worth the watch... all the way to the end.

World Juniors Training video - Jacko Gill

At the end it says a PB...today? Did they measure? Anyway, I guess my real question is: when are they going to move Jacko up to the 800m?

[shotputter]

Someone should tell Jacko that the World junior boxing championship is not until October.

[jeremyp]

If I may... an interesting video, well worth the watch... all the way to the end.

World Juniors Training video - Jacko Gill

It's the stair hopping that shows this kids power in the legs. What's his weight now? 105 kilos?

[Powell]

Brzozowski 21.14 NJR yesterday in Białystok at the national junior champs.

[leoesharkey]

could be five or six putters over 20m in world juniors and a few over 21m

[bushop]

Video of Stephen Mozia's 20.20m put at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships.

[bushop]

SHOT PUT Tom WALSH 19,16m 7kg 22 06 2012 Colmar

Jacko Gill June 24
Off to Switzerland, France, Spain and Sweden for 2 months :') see you all my mates have a beauty! And going to be a beauty mate

I wonder if he'll spend some time with Val Adams while in Switzerland.

[bushop]

Jacko Gill July 1
Slimmed up for World Juniors 6kg! <3333333333333333333333333333333333693333333333333333333333333333333333333333
Facebook photo

[Tuariki]

Prediction: WJr

Jacko 1st = 23.50 metres

[leoesharkey]

Monza and Brzyovszy to go 21m+ and Gill to sneak over 23m ! my prediction !

[Tuariki]

It is official - no Jacko at the Olympics as NZ selectors have confirmed the final selections for London. Late selections of Newdick (MDec) and Cawley (wPen) were the last Tnf selections.

I guess Jacko decided to keep to his decision to withdraw his name for selection and just focus on winning the WJr tomorrow night.

[leoesharkey]

Possibly the right decision, hope he throws big !

[bushop]

Possibly the right decision, hope he throws big !

Seems like a poor choice... I'm concerned about the motives and attitude behind not accepting the same treatment as everyone else.

[gibson]

Jacko Gill is a fine young man.
his training and methods are awesome.
he's generating excitement in one of the most boring events.
he's making it fun and becoming an all round athlete.
which will allow him to tackle the discus or even the decathlon in the future.

athletics new zealand and many of the good intended posters just get in the way of progress.
inadvertently, they'd to kill the goose that is laying the golden egg, except that gill won't have it and tells them to f***off.

good for gill to shut them out.

at the end of the day. i'd like to see gill box key selectors from athletics NZ and show them what's up.

if gill gets the chance he most definitely should talk to mr. mac wilkins about how to deal with federation crap and such. plus he could learn from THE master.
http://macwilkins.com/

[bushop]

Inadvertently, they'd to kill the goose that is laying the golden egg, except that gill won't have it and tells them to f***off.
good for gill to shut them out.

What does this mean?

Do you expect NZ's federation to name Gill to the team in January based on his "B" Standard?
The sad thing is that Jacko Gill will not be in London... there is no upside here.

[bushop]

World Juniors
Men's Shot Put • qualifying results

[bushop]

Jacko Gill opens with a CR 21.75m (71' 4")
Kangas goes 19.52m (64' 0")
Damo goes 20.44m (67' 0")
Pezer fouls
Brzozowski glides huge... 21.78m (71' 5")

[Vault-emort]

A great comp to watch!

[bushop]

Jacko Gill responds to Brzo with a CR 22.19m (72' 10")
Kangas improves to 19.69m (64' 7")
Damo improves to 20.60m (67' 7")
Pezer goes 18.80m (61' 8")
Brzozowski fouls

[shotputter]

If Jacko doesn't break the world record today, the trip to Barcelona was worthless in comparison to going to Olympics. He can win this competition in his sleep, despite Brzozowski coming in strong. He should have played by the (stupid) rules, make the A standard, come to Barcelona, win, and then go to London.

[bushop]

Jacko Gill opens the 3rd round with a 22.15m (72' 8")
Jun Li spins to 4th place with a 19.72m (64' 8")
Kangas fouls
Damo PBs again with a 21.03m (69' 0")
Pezer goes through to the final in 4th with a 19.83m (65' 1")
Brzozowski fouls

[bushop]

Kangas fouls
Jun Li fouls
Pezer fouls
Damo goes 20.83m (68' 4")
Brzozowski goes 20.88m (68' 9")
Gill ends the 4th round with a 21.84m (71' 8")
... and they're showing a medal ceremony... ug.

[bushop]

5th round:
Kangas moves ahead of Li by 1cm with a 19.73m (64' 8")
Jun Li goes 19.38m (63' 7")
Pezer goes 18.81m (61' 8")
Damo keeps his great meet rolling at 21.16m (69' 5")
Brzozowski goes 21.37m (70' 1")
Gill sets another CR at 22.20m (72' 10")

[bushop]

final round:
Kangas moves ahead of Pezer by 2cm with a 19.85m (65' 1")
Jun Li goes 19.46m (63' 10")
Pezer fouls
Damo goes 20.40m (66' 11")
Brzozowski fouls
Gill finishes the day with 22.02m (72' 3")

[shotputter]

he's generating excitement in one of the most boring events.

By doing what? Releasing videos on youtube? There was nothing exciting today in Barcelona. Everyone knew he was going to win, the record they talked about for the past year didn't get broken, and it is now clear that his decisions about London were all poor choices.

It's obvious that he didn't need to focus on Barcelona in order to win, he could have trained for the senior shot and still win today. So that talk about how they needed to be sure that Jacko will be part of the team months before so that he would know what to train for, goes down the drain. It's just that he wanted to be treated differently and when they treated him like everyone else, he got pissed off. So, shutting the Athletics NZ up did nothing for him.

Jacko in London, now that would be super exciting, even if he doesn't place well, he would still be a 17-year old shot put Olympian. That's huge. But he wasted that opportunity.

So, for me, he didn't make it fun. I'm actually disappointed. He should compete more. With seniors, as he reached that level by going over 20m. That's exciting, that's something to look forward to. Dominating juniors for two more years is like letting Usain Bolt compete with high school kids. Break the JR world record, get done with it. Move on to what matters.

Also, shot put is not a boring event. At the moment, it has one of the strongest fields and it will be an event to watch in London.

his training and methods are awesome.

Are you actually serious? That training works for him because he's exceptionally gifted. In any other application, it would produce injuries, overtraining, and poor results. Go ahead, try it. It has no structure, it's random and some parts of his training are dangerous.