Diamond Race winner Madara Palameika is among the world’s finest javelin throwers. Here the 29-year-old Latvian and two-time Olympian offers her take on the yearly challenge of trying to fulfil her potential.
From the moment Madara Palameika entered the world, she was “born to throw” – according to her mother, at least.
Barbora Spotakova and Christina Obergfoll headline a deep world-class javelin field at the 2015 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on 30 May, after organisers for the famous Prefontaine Classic announced the line up for the this event on Monday (30).