Jacko gets a silver medal at the Youth Olympics in Singapore with a 22.60m throw.
Jacko Gill wins World Junior Shot Put Title
22/07/2010 12:10:02 p.m.
Fifteen year old Jacko Gill struck gold winning the world junior shot put title at the World Junior Championships in Moncton Canada today. Gill from Takapuna had the ball of steel out to 20.76m, to beat Bozidar Antunovic of Serbia by 56 centimetres. Gill said that he was thrilled with the outcome. "I barely qualified for the final and now I'm going home with the gold. That's very special for me," he said. "I was the young guy coming into the competition and pleased to pull this off since I'm one of the smaller guys in the field." "This is my first world competition of this scale and now I hope I can carry this win over to the Youth Olympics in Singapore," he added. He also set a world age group record and improved on his New Zealand M19 and M18 records of 19.92m set in winning the New Zealand title in Christchurch in March. He joins Valerie Vili as a world shot put champion. They are both coached by Didier Poppe.
Murray McKinnon Communications Advisor Athletics New Zealand 0274 806086 murray@mckinnon.co.nz
And well done too to Ayla Gill. From IAAF World Junior Champs website CLICK HERE NZ Herald 23.7.10 article CLICK HERE
Congratulations to Jacko Gill, who has the WORLD record of 19.92m using 6kg shotput for under 16yr olds. The record was previously held by Sun Bin of China. NZ Herald 24.4.10 article CLICK HERE To see a u-tube video of Jacko in action WATCH VIDEO
Well done to Jacko Gill who has been selected for the World Junior Champs. NZ Athletics update 7.4.10 CLICK HERE
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