Spearchucker Zelezny quitting this summer — at age 40
Three-time Olympic champ Jan Zelezny has announced his retirement from the javelin game after this season, which features the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, in August. On June 16, he turns 40, giving him a good shot at the M40 age-group record of 84.08 (275-10) by Germany’s Peter Blank in June 2003. Jan, of course, holds the world record at 98.48 (323-1), set 10 years ago.
His best throw of the 2005 season was 83.98 (275-6), so he’s in winking distance of Blank’s M40 record.
Jan’s farewell tour will probably give him some extra juice.
My prediction: 85 meters (278-10).
