Two-time world champion Anderson Peters from Grenada settled for seventh with a 77.49m effort, while 2023 champion Timothy Herman of Germany placed eighth with 77.14m.
Herman still holds the championship record of 87.35m from last year.
Brazilian Olympian, Luiz Mauricio da Silva, has heaped praises on Kenyan athletics fans for creating an electric atmosphere that propelled him to victory in the Absa Kip Keino Classic at Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi on Saturday.
The Brazilian prodigy threw 86.34 metres to win the men’s javelin competition in the Kenyan round of the 2025 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series. Afterwards, he thanked local fans for lending him support.
