He had thrown over 85 metres this year, but on the big day, Rocco van Rooyen just couldn’t get it together and missed out on a place in the javelin final. Tokyo2020 Olympics TeamSA By AshfakMohamed IOLSport
But it just didn’t happen for him on Wednesday, as he was unable to reach the 80m mark.
Van Rooyen didn’t register a distance in his final round, and bowed out of the competition, placing 13th in Group A and 23rd overall, having also missed out on the final at Rio 2016, where he threw 78.48m. India’s Neeraj Chopra topped the standings with his only throw of 86.65m, with Vetter – who has a personal best of 96.29m from earlier this year – battling in his first two attempts, only qualifying automatically with his final mark of 85.64m.
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