{"id":2365,"date":"2021-06-22T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/vetter-eyes-record-in-gateshead\/"},"modified":"2021-06-22T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T10:01:00","slug":"vetter-eyes-record-in-gateshead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/vetter-eyes-record-in-gateshead\/","title":{"rendered":"Vetter eyes record in Gateshead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johannes Vetter is the latest global track and field star to sign up to the M\u00fcller British Grand Prix and all eyes will be on whether he can break Jan Zelezny\u2019s world javelin record at the Wanda Diamond League event in Gateshead on Tuesday 13<sup>th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n<p>Zelezny\u2019s mark of 98.48m was set 25 years ago in Jena, but Vetter came close to surpassing it last year with 97.76m in Poland \u2013 the longest throw in the world for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old from Germany looks in world record-breaking form this year, too, as he threw 96.29m to win his event by 11 metres at the European Team Championships last month.<\/p>\n<p>The omens are good as well when it comes to Vetter attacking Zelezny\u2019s record at Gateshead. The last time he competed in Britain he won the world title in London in 2017. It is also not unusual to see javelin world records set in England.<\/p>\n<p>Czech legend Zelezny threw a world record of 95.66m in Sheffield in 1993, whereas Britain\u2019s Steve Backley broke the world record with 90.98m at Crystal Palace in London in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Vetter said: \u201cI have been really pleased with my form so far this year and am hoping for another good performance at the M\u00fcller British Grand Prix in Gateshead next month. It will be an important test ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and I look forward to throwing well there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have good memories of competing in England. My world title in 2017 was won in the Olympic Stadium in London and there is always good support at British meetings from their knowledgeable crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On attacking the world record, the German said earlier this year: <font color=\"#000000\">\u201cThe conditions have to be right and in the javelin you need your whole body. You need the right speed, a good plant foot, the right release point, trajectory and transfer of weight.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">\u201cTrying to throw long is like going into a casino and playing roulette \u2013 the odds are against you.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">The news of Vetter\u2019s participation follows the announcement of a world-class women\u2019s pole vault line up that sees British record-holder Holly Bradshaw taking on Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi, world outdoor champion Anzhelika Sidorova, world indoor gold medallist Sandi Morris and world leader in 2021 Katie Nageotte.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">In addition, British star Dina Asher-Smith will be racing over 200m and Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands will compete in the women\u2019s mile, with further announcements to follow in coming days.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Gateshead staged the first Wanda Diamond League event of 2021 in May after it was moved from Rabat in Morocco to the North East of England and now, on 13<\/font><font color=\"#000000\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/font><font color=\"#000000\"> July, the same venue will host the seventh Diamond League of the season after it was moved from its original home of London.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>The <font color=\"#000000\">M\u00fcller British Grand Prix will be broadcast internationally from 7-9pm with BBC showing the action live for domestic viewers.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German javelin star and 2017 world champion Johannes Vetter will compete at the second British...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,692,68,567,624],"city":[],"class_list":["post-2365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-diamond-league","tag-gateshead","tag-javelin","tag-vetter","tag-wanda"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=2365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}